îagûapytanga

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
VLB (1622) jagoapitanga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jawapɨtaŋ. By surface analysis, îagûara (“carnivoran”) +‎ pytang (“reddish”) +‎ -a.

Noun

îagûapytanga (unpossessable)

  1. (dis legomenon) hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus)
    • [1587, Gabriel Soares de Sousa, chapter XCVIII, in Notícia do Brasil (in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, 2nd edition, Rio de Janeiro: João Ignancio da Silva, 1879, page 227:
      Jaguapitanga é uma alimaria do tamanho de um cachorro, de côr preta, e tem o rosto de cordeiro; tem pouca carne, as unhas agudas, […]
      “Îagûapytanga” is an animal the size of a dog, black-colored, and with the face of a lamb; it has little meat, sharp nails […] ]

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • îagûapytangusu

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: jaguapitanga

References

  • anonymous author (1622), “Rapoza [Fox]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 96: “Jagoapitanga”

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