Reconstruction:Old Tupi/îagûaruna
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This Old Tupi entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From îagûara (“jaguar”) + un (“black”) + -a.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*îagûaruna (unpossessable)
- black panther (melanistic colour variant of the jaguar (Panthera onca))
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Îagûaruna”, 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 154, column 2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 249