Wiktionary

tapi'ira

Old Tupi

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tapi'ira (sense 1)
 
tapi'ira (sense 2)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapiʔir.

Cognate with Guajajára tapi'ir and Mbyá Guaraní tapi'i.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ta.piˈʔi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pi‧'i‧ra

Noun

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tapi'ira (unpossessable)

  1. tapir (Tapirus terrestris)[1][2]
    Synonyms: tapi'ireté, tapi'irusu
  2. (Late Tupi) cattle (Bos taurus)
    Synonym: tapi'irusu
    tapi'ikaba ― cow fat
    • c. 1628, Luís Figueira, “Da Prepoſição 5. parte da oração”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brazilian language]‎[2] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manoel da Silva, page 68:
      Tapijra oço ogoapixara pyri […]
      [Tapi'ira osó ogûapixara pyri […] ]
      The ox went near its companions.

Usage notes

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  • With the advent of colonization, Tupians used the names of similar native animals to call the unknown species brought by the Europeans. Neologisms were then created by using eté (“true”) and eŷmbaba／mimbaba (“domestic animal”) as a form to differentiate the old and new species, respectively.
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Descendants

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Descendants

References

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  1. ^ Jehan Lamy (c. 1540) Le langaige du breſiL [The language of Brazil]‎[1] (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 54, line 88: “TAPPIRE [Tapi'ira]”
  2. ^ André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 49, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 96: “Tapihire [Tapi'ira]”
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