yawara

Japanese

Romanization

yawara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of やわら

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi îagûara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jawar.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /jaˈwara/, [jaˈwa.ɾɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ara
    • Hyphenation: ya‧wa‧ra

    Noun

    yawara (plural yawara-itá)

    1. dog (Canis familiaris)
    2. (obsolete, now only in compounds) jaguar (Panthera onca)
      Synonym: yawareté

    Derived terms

    • tapiira-yawara
    • tayasú-yawara
    • yawara-isika
    • yawara-iwa
    • yawara-kaapura
    • yawara-kawa
    • yawara-kiinha
    • yawara-kiwa
    • yawara-nambí
    • yawara-pirí
    • yawara-ranha
    • yawarasú
    • yawareté
    • yawaruna

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yawara”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 867
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