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potyr

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Back-formation from potyra.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɔˈtɨɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨɾ
  • Hyphenation: po‧tyr

Adjective

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potyr (noun form potyra)

  1. flowery

Verb

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potyr (2nd class)

  1. to be flowerful
  2. to flower (to put forth blooms)

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “potyr”, 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 405, column 2
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