ygara

Old Tupi

ygara

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨar, from Proto-Tupian.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní yga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɨˈɣ̞a.ɾa/
Rhymes: -aɾa
Hyphenation: y‧ga‧ra

Noun

ygara (possessable)

canoe
Synonyms: ygareté, ubá
boat; ship
Synonym: ygarusu
(broadly, nautical) any vessel
see: uru

Derived terms

ybyraygara
ygamembyra
ygapeba
ygapukuî
ygara rerekoara
ygara rokabytera
ygara'ykytĩaba
ygarapé
ygarembé
ygareté
ygarosara
ygarupaba
ygarusu
ygaybyrá

Descendants

Nheengatu: igara
→ Portuguese: igara

References

Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 205

Further reading

Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ygara”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 525–526

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