îuriti

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

îeruti, îurutĩ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juriti.

Cognate with Guaraní jeruti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ju.ɾiˈti]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: îu‧ri‧ti

Noun

îuriti (unpossessable)

any bird from the genus Leptotila.

Descendants

Nheengatu: yurutí
→ Portuguese: juriti

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îuriti”, 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 200, column 1