mikura
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Nheengatu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Tupi *mykura, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mɨkur.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mikura
- manicou (Didelphis marsupialis)
- Synonym: mikurawasú
- 1876, “Micura Apgua [The opossum and the man]” (chapter XV), in José Vieira Couto de Magalhães, compiler, O Selvagem [The Wild], volume 1, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. da Reforma, page 244:
- Mi̙cúra ũiạ̃ia (unhana) iui̙re iai̙ti̙ua rupí, oçọ́ oienõ tenoné pépe. Apgáua oci̙ka onhehẽ:—Auáta oiucá-íucá quahá mi̙cura itá? Omuti̙ríca ahé pê çuí, oçọ́ ãna
- The opossum ran again through the shrubs and laid further on the road. The man approached it and said: “Who keeps killing these opossums?”. He took it away from the road and left.
- (broadly) opossum (any marsupial of the family Didelphidae)
- mikura-mirĩ
- woolly opossum (Caluromys)
- (literally, “small opossum”)
- (figurative, derogatory) liar (person who frequently lies)
- (figurative, derogatory) a cocky person
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mikura”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , page 477
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- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ura
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ura/3 syllables
- Nheengatu lemmas
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- yrl:Marsupials