aîuru
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
| Historical spellings | |
|---|---|
| VLB (1622) | ajurû |
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ajuru, from Proto-Tupian *awuru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.juˈɾu/
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: a‧îu‧ru
Noun
aîuru (unpossessable)
- parrot (certain birds of the family Psittacidae; excluding macaws)
- Coordinate term: arara
Related terms
Descendants
References
- anonymous author (1622), “Papagayo, gnlr. [Parrot, generally]”, 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 64: “Ajurû”
Further reading
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “aîuru”, 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 19, column 2
- Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 266, line 159