muruanha
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editNavarro derives it from meru (“fly”) + ãî (“toothed”) + -a,[1] but the E>U change is unexplained. Possibly an alternative form *mberuanha existed, as seen in the Portuguese borrowing beruanha, but wasn't recorded.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmuruanha (?)
- (hapax, Late Tupi) stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “muruanha”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 319, column 2
- Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter XCCI, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 241: “muruanja [muruanha]”
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 293