sembiararaîybo'ira

Old Tupi

Etymology

From sembiara (“[one's] prey”) +‎ raîyra (“[someone's] daughter”) +‎ po'yra (“necklace”), literally “necklace of one's prey's daughter”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛ̃.mbiˌa.ɾa.ɾa.jɨ.βɔˈʔi.ɾa], [sɛ̃.mbiˌa.ɾa.ɾa.ʒɨ.βɔˈʔi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: se‧mbi‧a‧ra‧ra‧îy‧bo‧'i‧ra

Noun

sembiararaîybo'ira (?)

1. (astronomy) Name of a constellation which, according to the indigenous people, announced the rain. Further details are uncertain.

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sembiararaîybo'ira”, 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 441, column 1