tapi'ira

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Old Tupi[edit]

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

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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tapi'ira (unpossessable)

  1. tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
    Synonym: tapi'ireté
  2. (Late Tupi) cattle (Bos taurus)
    tapi'ikaba ― cow fat
    • 1687 [1621], Luís Figueira, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina de Miguel Deslandes, page 126:
      Tapïjra oçó ogoapixara pyri […]
      [Tapi'ira osó ogûapixara pyri […] ]
      The ox went near his companions.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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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