irara

See also: irará and Irará

Nheengatu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *ewit

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eir

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ar

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eirar

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi eîrara

Nheengatu irara

Inherited from Old Tupi eîrara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eirar + Old Tupi -a.

Noun

irara (plural irara-itá)

1. tayra (Eira barbara)

Further reading

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “irara”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 334

Old Tupi

Noun

irara (unpossessable)

1. Alternative form of eîrara

Descendants

• Nheengatu: irara
• → Portuguese: irara

References

• Fernão Cardim (p. 1583) “A Treatiſe of Braſil, written by a Portugall which had long lived there”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Francis Cooke, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VII, chapter I § IIII (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1302: “Hirara [Irara]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “irara”, 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 190, column 2

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈɾa.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: i‧ra‧ra

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *ewit

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eir

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ar

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eirar

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi eîrarabor.

Portuguese irara

Borrowed from Old Tupi eîrara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eirar + Old Tupi -a.

Noun

irara f (plural iraras)

1. tayra (Eira barbara)

   Synonyms: jaguapé, papa-mel, taira

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

irara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of irar