membira

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi membyra, By surface analysis, mena (“husband”) +‎ aíra (“semen”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mem.ˈbi.ɾa/

Noun

membira (plural membira-itá)

  1. son (in relation to the mother)
  2. daughter (in relation to the mother)
  3. child

Coordinate terms

  • manha (“mother”)
  • paya (“father”)
  • mú (“brother - of a man”)
  • endira (“sister - of a man”)
  • kiwira (“brother - of a woman”)
  • amú (“sister - of a woman”)
  • aíra (“son - of a man”)
  • ayera (“daughter - of a man”)

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “membira”, 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 46, column 2
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