îagûapytanga

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jawapɨtaŋ. By surface analysis, îagûara (“carnivoran”) +‎ pytang (“reddish”) +‎ -a.

Noun

îagûapytanga (unpossessable)

1. hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus)

Coordinate terms

• (canids) agûará (agûaragûasu), îagûapytanga, îagûara (îagûamimbaba, eŷmbaba îagûara)

Derived terms

• îagûapytangusu

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: jaguapitanga

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îagûapytanga”, 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 153, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 249