yperu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• iperu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ.pɛˈɾu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: y‧pe‧ru

Noun

yperu (unpossessable)

1. shark (fish of the superorder Selachimorpha)

Derived terms

• Iperu'y
• yperukyba
• yperupinima
• yperuûasu

 

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “yperu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 530, column 2