mberu

Guaraní

Noun

mberu

  1. fly

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

mberu

  1. fly

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ᵐbɛˈɾu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: mbe‧ru

Noun

mberu (?)

  1. alternative form of meru

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: biru

References

  • Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 255: “Berou [Mberu]”
  • anonymous author (1622) “Mosca”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 43: “Berû [Mberu]”
  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mberu”, 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 270, column 1
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