kuaray

Mbyá Guaraní

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷarat͡ʃɨ, possibly from Proto-Tupian *ŋkʷat. Cognate with Old Tupi kûarasy and Paraguayan Guaraní kuarahy.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [kʷa.ɾaˈɨ]
    • Rhymes:
    • Hyphenation: kua‧ra‧y

    Noun

    kuaray

    1. sun
      • 2013, Geraldo Karai Okenda Moreira, edited by Beatriz Verges Fleck, Helena Alpini Rosa, and Joel Vando Vigano, O paraíso dos meus sonhos—Tara'u Yvydju (Coleção Haipó; 7) (overall work in Mbyá Guaraní and Portuguese), Florianópolis: DIOESC, →ISBN, page 2:
        Ko yvy'ã gui odje kua a tcheru kuaray, yvy djere kue re omboaku pa, pamba'e pamba'e omoingo ve pa yvy re ikuai'i va'e.
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    Derived terms

    • kuaray mbyte
    • kuaray puku
    • kuaray ra'angaa
    • kuaray voty
    • kuaray'i
    • kuaray'ã

    References

    • Robert A. Dooley (August 2016) “kuaray”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 90