Old Tupi Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈʔa.ɾa/ Rhymes: -aɾa Hyphenation: 'a‧ra Etymology 1 Cognate with Guaraní ára. Noun 'ara (unpossessable) day (time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky) 'ara pukuî ― all day day (a full day-night cycle) sun; daylight (light and warmth received from the sun) Hypernyms: kûara, kûarasy air (substance constituting Earth's atmosphere) weather (state of the atmosphere) world; the Earth (Língua Geral Amazônica) season amana 'ara ― rainy season Noun 'ara (possessable) top (the uppermost part of something) understanding; comprehension reason; sense time (instance or occurrence) opportunity Descendants Nheengatu: ara Etymology 2 From 'ar (“to fall”) + -a. Noun 'ara (possessable) fall Further reading Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ara”, 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 57–58Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.