kapi'iûara

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔiβar.[1] By surface analysis, kapi'i (“grass”) +‎ gûara (“eater”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní kapi'yva.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ka.pi.ʔiˈwa.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧'i‧ûa‧ra

Noun

kapi'iûara (unpossessable)

  1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
    • 1648, George Marcgrave, Willem Piso, chapter VII, in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 230:
      Capybara
      [Kapibara]

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: kapiwara
  • → Portuguese: capivara
  • → Spanish: capibara

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kapi'iûara”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 217, column 2
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 254
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