ta'ýra

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aʔɨr, from Proto-Tupian *aʔɨt (“a man's son”).

Cognate with Old Tupi a'yra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈɨ.ra/, [taˈɨ.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -ɨɾa

Noun

ta'ýra (first-person, second-person and simple possessed form ra'y, third-person possessed form ita'ýra)

  1. son (only said by men, women's equivalent being memby)

Coordinate terms

  • túva (“father”)
  • sy (“mother”)
  • tyke'ýra (“elder brother - of a man”)
  • tyvyra (“ younger brother - of a man”)
  • teindýra (“sister - of a man”)
  • kyvy (“brother - of a woman”)
  • tykéra (“elder sister - of a woman”)
  • kypy'y (“ younger sister - of a woman”)
  • tajýra (“daughter - of a man”)
  • memby (“child - of a woman”)

References

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