tapiira

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi tapi'ira, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapiʔir.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tapiˈira/, [ta.piˈi.ɾɐ], (São Gabriel da Cachoeira, some speakers) [taˈpi.ɾɐ][1]
    • Rhymes: -ira
    • Hyphenation: ta‧pi‧i‧ra

    Noun

    tapiira (plural tapiira-itá)

    1. tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
      Synonyms: tapiira-kaapura, tapiira-kaawara, tapiireté
    2. cattle (Bos taurus)
      Synonym: tapiira-suaiwara
    • kará-tapiira-pí
    • tapiira-apekú
    • tapiira-buya
    • tapiira-kaapura
    • tapiira-kaawara
    • tapiira-kawa
    • tapiira-kaá
    • tapiira-maniiwa
    • tapiira-rapiá
    • tapiira-suaiwara
    • tapiira-tapuya
    • tapiira-yawara
    • tapiireté

    References

    1. ^ Aline da Cruz (2011) Fonologia e gramática do Nheengatú: a língua geral falada pelos povos Baré, Warekena e Baniwa‎[1] (in Portuguese), Amsterdam: LOT, →ISBN, page 70
    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tapiira”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 733
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