pirá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pira"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira.

Cognate with Guaraní pira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pi‧rá

Noun

pirá (unpossessable)

1. fish

Derived terms

nouns

• pira'aka
• pira'itinga
• piraakangatá
• piraakãmuku
• piraapara
• piraatĩatĩ
• pirabebé
• Piraka'ẽ
• pirakaba
• pirakyba
• pirakyra
• pirakyîa
• pirakûatiara
• pirambu
• pirametara
• pirameîu'i
• piranema
• Piraoby
• pirapanema
• pirapema
• pirapetymbûaba
• pirapinima
• pirapoty
• pirapoxy
• pirapu'ã
• pirapuku
• pirapyxanga
• piraroba
• pirasema
• piratinga
• piratĩapûá
• pirauruku
• piraybyrá
• piraîké
• piraîuba
• piraîurumembeka
• Piraîybá
• piraúna

 

Related terms

nouns

• piragûiba
• pirakuka
• pirakyrûá
• pirakûaba
• piramotá
• pirasakẽ
• Pirataraka
• piraumbu
• piraysoka
• piraîeoka
• piraîukuri
• pirãîa

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pirá

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pirá”, 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 384, column 2

Spanish

Verb

pirá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of pirar