kûara

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: kûa‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷa, from Proto-Tupian *kʷat.^[1]

Cognate with Awetí kwat, Guaraní kua.

Noun

kûara (possessable)

1. hole; puncture

   Synonyms: puka, boka

2. burrow; den; refuge

   Pesem tatu kûara suí.

   You got out of the armadillo's burrow.

3. vagina

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kûara

4. grave

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:karamemûã

5. mine (excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken)

   Synonym: ybykûara

   itaîukûara

   gold mine

Derived terms

• 'ykûara
• apysakûara
• gûaîbĩkûara
• kûare'yma
• kûaruru
• kûarybỹîa
• mokakûara
• mundekûara
• potãîgûara
• tembekûaritá
• tybykûara
• ybykûara
• îykûara

Related terms

• kûar

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kuara, kwara

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷat, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgəat. Doublet of kûarasy.^[2] Pronunciation possibly influenced by Etymology 1.

Noun

kûara (unpossessable)

2. the Sun

   Synonym: kûarasy

Descendants

• → Portuguese: quarar

References

1. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 403
2. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûara”, 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 236, columns 1–2