eíra

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eir + Old Tupi -a.

Cognate with Mbya Guarani ei and Paraguayan Guarani eíra.

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: e‧í‧ra

eíra (possessable)

1. honey (sweet substance produced by bees)

   Synonym: yapira

• Nheengatu: ira

eíra (unpossessable)

1. meliponine (any stingless bee of the tribe Meliponini)

• Nheengatu: ira
• → Brazilian Portuguese: irá

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “eíra”, 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 91, columns 1–2
• 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, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eit, from Proto-Tupian *ewit.^[1]

Cognate with Mbya Guarani ei and Old Tupi eíra.

eíra

1. molasses
2. syrup