Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Historical spellings 
VLB (1622) igbigrapararanga / jgbîrapararãga / ygbigrapararanga / ybigrâpararanga

Etymology

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From ybyrá (wood) +‎ pararang (to roll) +‎ -a (nominal suffix), literally wood that rolls.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɨ.βɨˌɾa.pa.ɾaˈɾã.ŋa/
  • Rhymes: -ãŋa
  • Hyphenation: y‧by‧ra‧pa‧ra‧ra‧nga

Noun

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ybyrapararanga (?) (Late Tupi)

  1. A wheel that moves along the ground.
  2. (proscribed) A wheel that moves along the air.
    Synonyms: ybyranhatimana, ybyrababaka
  3. cart (wheeled vehicle drawn by an animal)
    Synonym: tapi'irarepanakũ

Noun

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ybyrapararanga (?)

  1. (Late Tupi) sugar mill, trapiche
    Synonym: ybyrababaka

Descendants

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  • Kariri: wirapararã

References

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  • anonymous author (1622) “Carreta, ou carro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 68:Jgbîrapararãga
  • anonymous author (1622) “Engenho, ou trepiche”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 116:Ybigrâpararanga
  • anonymous author (1622) “Roda como de carro e toda a que anda pello chão”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 107:Igbigrapararanga
  • anonymous author (1622) “Roda por toda a q. anda no ar como a mô do barbeiro, do engenho de algodão, etc.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 107:Ygbigrapararanga
  • Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book II, chapter XVI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 83:Ibira pararanga

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