îakaré
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jakare.[1]
Cognate with Guaraní jakare, Tembé zakare and Tocantins Asurini and Xingú Asuriní sakare.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]îakaré (unpossessable)
- caiman (any crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae)
- Îakaré 'y suí osem.
- The alligator got out of the river.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îakaré”, 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 155, column 2