pirá

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní pira.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piˈɾa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pi‧rá

Noun[edit]

pirá (unpossessable)

  1. fish

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

Related terms[edit]

nouns

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: pirá

References[edit]

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 188

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

pirá

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of pirar