tare'ira

Old Tupi

tare'ira

Alternative forms

• tere'ira

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taraʔir-.

Cognate with Guaraní tare'i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ɾɛˈʔi.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: ta‧re‧'i‧ra

Noun

tare'ira (unpossessable)

1. trahira (Hoplias malabaricus).

Derived terms

• tare'imboîa

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tarira
• → Portuguese: traíra
  • → Hunsrik: Traira

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tare'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 465, column 2