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This Proto-Tupi-Guarani entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Tupi-Guarani
Etymology
From *wɨra (“bird”) + *tiŋ (“white”).
Noun
*wɨratiŋ[1]
- great egret (Ardea alba egretta)
Descendants
- Guarayu: vɨrächï
- Mbyá Guaraní: guyra xiĩ
- Old Tupi: gûyratinga, ûyratinga
- Nheengatu: wirá-tinga
- → Brazilian Portuguese: Guiratinga
- Paraguayan Guaraní: guyratĩ
- ⇒ Tenharim: g̃wyrati'ngi
References
- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 205, line 698