ybyrapytanga

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβɨrapɨtaŋ. By surface analysis, ybyrá (“tree”) +‎ pytang (“reddish”) +‎ -a.[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní yvyrapytã.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɨ.β̞ɨˌɾa.pɨˈtã.ŋa]
  • Rhymes: -ãŋa
  • Hyphenation: y‧by‧rá‧py‧ta‧nga

Noun

ybyrapytanga (unpossessable)

  1. brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata)

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: ibirapitanga, >? arabutã

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ybyrapytanga”, 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 522, column 2
  • anonymous author (1622) “Brasil, o pao”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 59: “Jgbîrapitãga [Ybyrapytanga]”
  • Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book III, chapter V (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 101: “Ibirapitanga [Ybyrapytanga]”
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