pirãîa

Old Tupi
pirãîa

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piˈɾã.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ãja
  • Hyphenation: pi‧rã‧îa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirãj.[1] By surface analysis, pirá (“fish”) +‎ ãî (“toothed”) +‎ -a.[2]

Cognate with Guaraní pirãi.

Noun

pirãîa (unpossessable)

  1. piranha (any of the carnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily Serrasalminae)
Derived terms
  • pirãîatinga
  • pirãîgûara
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: piranha
  • → Portuguese: piranha

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, pirá (“fish”) +‎ ãîa (“tooth”).[2]

Noun

pirãîa (possessable)

  1. scissors
Descendants

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) “pirãîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 385, column 1
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