pupîara
Old Tupi
Etymology
By surface analysis, pupé (“inside of”) + -yûar (origin, nativity, or residency suffix) + -a (nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puˈpja.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa
- Hyphenation: pu‧pîa‧ra
Noun
pupîara (possessable)
- what is in, what is inside
- Synonyms: pupesûara, pupendûara
Derived terms
- 'Ypupîara
- nambipupîara
- îurapupîara
- îurupupîara
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pupîara”, 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 411, column 1