kûarasy

See also: kuarasy

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷarat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgəat. Doublet of kûara. By surface analysis, kó (“this”) +‎ 'ara (“day”) +‎ sy (“mother”), literally “the mother, origin of this day”.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kuarahy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷa.ɾa.ˈsɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: kûa‧ra‧sy

Noun

kûarasy (unpossessable)

1. the Sun

   Synonym: kûara

2. Guaraci, the Sun personified
3. summer

Derived terms

• kûarasy reîkeaba
• kûarasy ru'uba
• kûarasy sembaba
• kûarasye'yma
• kûarasyetymã
• kûarasyeîkeaba
• kûarasyro'y
• Kûarasyîuba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kuarasi, kwarasi
• → Portuguese: Guaraci

Further reading

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûarasy”, 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, pages 236–237