kapi'iûara
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Old Tupi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔiβar.[1] By surface analysis, kapi'i (“grass”) + gûara (“eater”).[2]
Cognate with Guaraní kapi'yva.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kapi'iûara (unpossessable)
- capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
- 1648, George Marcgrave, Willem Piso, chapter VII, in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 230:
- Capybara
- [Kapibara]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kapi'iûara”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 217, column 2
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