potyra

See also: Potyra

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *potɨr, from Proto-Tupian *potˀɨt.

Cognate with Awetí potɨt, Mbyá Guaraní poty and Sateré-Mawé pohɨt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈtɨ.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -ɨɾa
• Homophone: Potyra
• Hyphenation: po‧ty‧ra

Noun

potyra (absolute motyra) (possessable)

1. flower

Derived terms

• Potyra

Related terms

• 'ybotyra
• akangaopotyra
• potyr

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: putira

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “potyra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 405, column 2
• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José