Wiktionary

ypeka

Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨpek, from Proto-Tupian *ɨpekʲ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɨˈpɛ.ka]
  • Rhymes: -ɛka
  • Hyphenation: y‧pe‧ka

Noun

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ypeka (unpossessable)

  1. duck (any aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
  2. (strictly) Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)[1]
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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: ipeka

References

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  1. ^ Christovão de Lisboa (c. 1631) Historia dos animaes e arvores do Maranhão [History of Maranhão's animals and trees]‎[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon, page 186: “upequa [ypeka]”
  • Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XI, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 169: “Upec [Ypek(a)]”
  • Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter LXXXI, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 227: “upeca [ypeka]”
  • Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXIX, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 242v: “Vpec [Ypek(a)]”
  • anonymous author (1622) “Pata, ou pato, gnlr”, 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 68: “Ypeca [Ipeka]”
  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ypeka”, 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 530, column 1
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 258
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