Îagûaruna

Old Tupi

Etymology

From *îagûaruna (“black panther”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja.ɡʷaˈɾũ.na]
  • Rhymes: -ũna
  • Hyphenation: Îa‧gûa‧ru‧na

Proper noun

Îagûaruna

  1. (hapax legomenon) a male given name
    • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 142, lines 698–702; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 718:
      Ycaõygoaçu pipo / xeramũya jaguaruna? / eneĩ taçobeipo, / eri, auyete paco / ayeguac uinhemouna
      [I kaûĩgûasupipó / xe ramũîa Îagûaruna? / Ene'ĩ! T'asabeypó! / Erĩ! Aûîeté pakó, / aîegûak ûinhemoúna...]
      By the way, does my grandpa Jaguaruna have much cauim? Come on! I'm gonna get drunk! Wait! Actually, I must adorn myself with black paint...

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Îagûaruna”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 154, column 2
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