waruá
Kariri
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi gûarugûá, from Middle French miroir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waɾua/
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
waruá (1st declension, 3rd person singular iwaruá) (Kipeá)
- (hapax legomenon) mirror
- 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri (in Portuguese), pages 18–20:
- A eſta primeira declinaçaõ pertencem […] os nomes ſeguintes […] Waruà, eſpelho.
- To this first declension belong […] the following nouns […] Waruà, mirror.
References
- Rodrigues, Arion Dall’Igna (1942), “WARUÀ”, in “Vocabulários Português-Kirirí e Kirirí-Português [Portuguese–Kirirí and Kirirí–Portuguese vocabularies]”, in Arquivos do Museu Paranaense, volume 2 (overall work in Portuguese), page 210, column 2
Nheengatu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Tupi gûarugûá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wa.ɾuˈa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: wa‧ru‧á
Noun
waruá (plural waruá-itá)
- mirror (smooth reflecting surface)
- 2021, Bíblia Baré, Buia Igarapé; Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory: Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, translation of The New Testament, 1 Kurintuwaraita 13:12:
- Nyãse kuiri yamaa pitunawasu upe kuaye yamaawaa waruwa upe, maa yamaa kuri suaxara kuayentuana.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2021, Bíblia Baré, Buia Igarapé; Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory: Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, translation of The New Testament, 2 Kurintuwaraita 3:18:
- Kuiri muiri yande, timaa yayumimi yaneruwa Deus sui, maa yamaa yaneruixawa umuturi purangawa kuaye yamaa yawe waruwa upe, utrukari yande purangawaa iyawe.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2021, Bíblia Baré, Buia Igarapé; Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory: Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, translation of The New Testament, Tiagu 1:23:
- Nyãse kua usenduwaa retentu kua nyenga tiwa umunya ae, iyawe ae kua umaawaa suwa waruwa upe […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- esá-waruá
- waruá-maniiwa
- Yasí-Waruá