yawareté-pinima

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • yawaraté-pinima (archaic)

Etymology

From yawareté (“jaguar”) +‎ pinima (“spotted”), literally “spotted jaguar”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja.wa.ɾeˌtɛ.piˈni.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Hyphenation: ya‧wa‧re‧té‧-pi‧ni‧ma

Noun

yawareté-pinima (plural yawareté-pinima-itá)

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)
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Synonyms

  • akangawasú (archaic)

References

  • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “yawareté-pinima”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 868
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