djawara

Xingú Asuriní

Alternative forms

  • javara (Müller)

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jawar.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈwara/
    • Rhymes: -wara
    • Hyphenation: dja‧wa‧ra

    Noun

    djawara

    1. jaguar (Panthera onca)
    2. domestic dog

    References

    • Müller, Regina Aparecida Polo (1990), Os Asuriní do Xingu: História e arte [The Xingú Asuriní: History and art]‎[1] (in Portuguese), Campinas: Unicamp, →ISBN
    • Nicholson, Velda (1982), Breve estudo da língua asurini do Xingu [Brief stufy of the Xingú Asuriní language] (Ensaios Lingüísticos; 5) (in Portuguese), Brasília: SIL Global, page 3
    • Pereira, Antônia Alves (2009), Estudo morfossintático do Asurini do Xingu [Morphosyntactic study of Xingú Asuriní] (in Portuguese), Campinas: Unicamp, →DOI
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