ygara

Old Tupi

ygara

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨar, from Proto-Tupian.

Cognate with Guaraní yga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨˈɣ̞a.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: y‧ga‧ra

Noun

ygara (possessable)

1. canoe

   Synonyms: ygareté, ubá

2. boat; ship

   Synonym: ygarusu

3. (broadly, nautical) any vessel

   see: uru

Derived terms

• ybyraygara
• ygamembyra
• ygapeba
• ygapukuî
• ygara rerekoara
• ygara rokabytera
• ygara'ykytĩaba
• ygarapé
• ygarembé
• ygareté
• ygarosara
• ygarupaba
• ygarusu
• ygaybyrá

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: igara
• → Portuguese: igara

Further reading

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ygara”, 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, pages 525–526