pirãîa

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Old Tupi[edit]

pirãîa

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piˈɾã.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ãja
  • Hyphenation: pi‧rã‧îa

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirãj.[1] By surface analysis, pirá (“fish”) +‎ ãî (“toothed”) +‎ -a.[2]

Cognate with Guaraní pirãi.

Noun[edit]

pirãîa (unpossessable)

  1. piranha (any of the carnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily Serrasalminae)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Nheengatu: piranha
  • → Portuguese: piranha

Etymology 2[edit]

By surface analysis, pirá (“fish”) +‎ ãîa (“tooth”).[2]

Noun[edit]

pirãîa (possessable)

  1. scissors
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pirãîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 385, column 1
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