túva

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tuβ, from Proto-Tupian *t͡sup. The final ⟨a⟩ is the no-longer-productive unstressed nominal suffix -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʋa/, [ˈtuʋa]
• Rhymes: -uʋa

Noun

túva (dependent form ru, third-person possessed form itúva)

1. father

   Coordinate term: sy (“mother”)

Coordinate terms

• sy (“mother”)
• tyke'ýra (“elder brother of a man”)
• tyvýra (“younger brother of a man”)
• teindýra (“sister of a man”)
• kyvy (“brother of a woman”)
• tykéra (“elder sister of a woman”)
• kypy'y (“younger sister of a woman”)
• ta'ýra (“son of a man”)
• tajýra (“daughter of a man”)
• memby (“child of a woman”)

References

• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “ta’yra”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 111
• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “túva”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 111, column 1