îagûapytanga
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jawapɨtaŋ. By surface analysis, îagûara (“carnivoran”) + pytang (“reddish”) + -a.
Noun
îagûapytanga (unpossessable)
Coordinate terms
- (canids) agûará (agûaragûasu), îagûapytanga, îagûara (îagûamimbaba, eŷmbaba îagûara)
Derived terms
- îagûapytangusu
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: jaguapitanga
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îagûapytanga”, 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 153, column 2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 249
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