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Reconstruction:Old Tupi/îagûaruna

 This Old Tupi entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From îagûara (“jaguar”) +‎ un (“black”) +‎ -a.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ja.ɡʷaˈɾũ.na]
  • Rhymes: -ũna
  • Hyphenation: îa‧gûa‧ru‧na

Noun

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*îagûaruna (unpossessable)

  1. black panther (melanistic colour variant of the jaguar (Panthera onca))

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: yawaruna
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: Jaguaruna

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Îagûaruna”, 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 154, column 2
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 249
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