mberu

Guaraní

Noun

mberu

1. fly

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

mberu

1. fly

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ᵐbɛˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: mbe‧ru

Noun

mberu (?)

1. Alternative form of meru

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: biru

References

• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 255: “Berou [Mberu]”
• anonymous author (1622) “Mosca”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 43: “Berû [Mberu]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mberu”, 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 270, column 1