ĭgaratá

See also: Igaratá

Classical Guaraní

Etymology

From ĭgá (“canoe”) +‎ atá (“walking”), literally “walking canoe”. Compare Old Tupi ygara and atara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨ.ɣa.ɾaˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ĭ‧ga‧ra‧tá

Noun

ĭgaratá

1. ship

   aobuçu ĭgaratá rehegûara ― ship sail (literally, “big clothing related to walking canoe”)

Descendants

• Guaraní: ygarata

Further reading

• Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (1639) “ĭgaratá”, in Tesoro de la lengua guaraní [Thesaurus of the Guarani Language] (overall work in Spanish), Madrid, pages 173v–174, columns 2–1