kûarasy

See also: kuarasy

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷarat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgəat. Doublet of kûara.[1] By surface analysis, (this) + 'ara (day) + sy (origin), literally "the origin of this day".

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kuarahy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʷa.ɾa.ˈsɨ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: kûa‧ra‧sy

Noun

kûarasy (unpossessable)

  1. the Sun
    Synonym: kûara
  2. Guaraci, the Sun personified
  3. summer

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: kuarasi
  • Portuguese: Guaraci

References

  1. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.