kabará

Old Tupi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cabra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.βaˈɾa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧rá

Noun

kabará (unpossessable)

  1. goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
    Synonym: sygûasumẽ

Further reading

  • Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, page 385
  • Moacyr Ribeiro de Carvalho (1987) “KABARÁ”, in Dicionário tupi (antigo) português (in Portuguese), Salvador: Empresa Gráfica da Bahia, page 150
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