eíra

Guaraní

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eit, from Proto-Tupian *ewit.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ei and Old Tupi eíra.

Noun

eíra

1. molasses
2. syrup

Old Tupi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *ewit

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eir

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi eíra

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eir + Old Tupi -a.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ei and Paraguayan Guaraní eíra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: e‧í‧ra

Noun

eíra (possessable)

1. honey (sweet substance produced by bees)

   Synonym: yapira

Derived terms

• takûare'eeíra
• u'ubae'ẽeíra

 

Related terms

• eirasy
• eiruba
• eîrara

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ira

Noun

eíra (unpossessable)

1. meliponine (any stingless bee of the tribe Meliponini)

Related terms

• eiraakûaîetá
• eiraisi'ĩ
• eirapu'a
• eirusu
• eîririku
• eîru
• gûyreíra
• kurupireíra
• tataeíra
• urutueíra

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ira
• → Brazilian Portuguese: irá

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “eíra”, 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 91, columns 1–2
• 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 294