tapi'ira

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Old Tupi

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tapi'ira (sense 1)
tapi'ira (sense 2)

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ta.piˈʔi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Hyphenation: ta‧pi‧'i‧ra

Noun

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tapi'ira (unpossessable)

  1. tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
    Synonyms: tapi'ireté, tapi'irusu
    • c. 1540, Jehan Lamy, Le langaige du Bresil (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 54, line 88:
      TAPPIRE
      [Tapi'ira]
    • 1595 [1555], Joseph of Anchieta, chapter V, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, page 14v:
      […] xéreimbâba tapiîra
      [ […] xe reîmbaba tapi'ira.]
      My cow.
      (literally, “My livestock tapir.”)
  2. (Late Tupi) cattle (Bos taurus)
    Synonym: tapi'irusu
    tapi'ikaba ― cow fat
    • c. 1628, Luís Figueira, “Da Prepoſição 5. parte da oração”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica‎[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manoel da Silva, page 68:
      Tapijra oço ogoapixara pyri […]
      [Tapi'ira osó ogûapixara pyri […] ]
      The ox went near its companions.

Usage notes

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  • With the advent of colonization, Tupians used the names of similar native animals to call the unknown species brought by the Europeans. Neologisms were then created by using eté (“true”) and eîmbaba／mimbaba (“domestic animal”) as a form to differentiate the old and new species, respectively.

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