Guaraní

See also: guaraní and guarani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guaraní, from Portuguese guarani ultimately derived from Paraguayan Guarani guarani (“warrior”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑːɹəˈniː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Proper noun

Guaraní (plural Guaranís or Guaraníes)

1. A member of an Amerindian people native to Paraguay and adjacent regions.
2. The Tupian language family spoken by this people.
3. (specifically) The Paraguayan Guarani language spoken by this people in Paraguay.

Translations

South-American language or language family

• Armenian: գուարանի (hy) (guarani)
• Basque: guaraniera (eu)
• Catalan: guaraní (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓜拉尼語 / 瓜拉尼语 (Guālāníyǔ)

• Esperanto: gvarania
• Finnish: guarani (fi)
• German: Guaraní (de) n
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: avañe'ẽ (gn)

• Hindi: ग्वारानी f (gvārānī)
• Hungarian: guarani (hu)
• Icelandic: gvaraní
• Irish: Guaráinis f
• Japanese: グアラニー語 (ja) (グアラニーご, Guaranīgo)
• Khmer: ហ្កួរ៉ានី (guəraanii)
• Korean: 과라니어 (gwaranieo)
• Portuguese: guarani (pt) m
• Russian: гуарани́ (ru) (guaraní)
• Spanish: guaraní (es) m
• Swedish: guaraní (sv)
• Ukrainian: Гуарані́ (Huaraní)

See also

• guaraní
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Paraguayan Guarani terms
• Appendix:Paraguayan Guarani Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Paraguayan Guarani

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code gug, ISO 639-3 code grn (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Guarani, grn ⁠, a language family including:

• Ethnologue entry for Paraguayan Guarani, gug ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Chiripá, nhd ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Mbya Guarani, gun ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Bolivian Guarani, gui ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Western Bolivian Guarani, gnw ⁠

Other related languages:

• Ethnologue entry for Aché, guq ⁠