ygara

Old Tupi

ygara

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨar.

Cognate with Guaraní yga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨˈɣ̞a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: y‧ga‧ra

Noun

ygara (possessable)

1. canoe

   Synonyms: ygareté, ubá

   Coordinate term: uru

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter LXVIII, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ], page 168, lines 72–75; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 314:

     Yangaipa co de boya
     na xererecocatui
     yaribobõ omõgui
     igara coabipota

     [I angaîpaba kó nde boîá / Na xe rerekokatuî / Îarybobõ omonguî / ygara kuabĩ potá.]

     These servants of yours are evil. They don't treat me well. They knock down the bridge, wanting the canoe to pass [under it].

2. (Late Tupi) boat
3. (Late Tupi) ship

   Synonym: ygarusu

   • 1622, anonymous author, “Conuês de nauio”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 81; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Jgara rocabigtera.

     [Ygara rokabytera.]

     Deck.

     (literally, “Ship's town square.”)

Derived terms

• ybyraygara
• ygamembyra
• ygapeba
• ygapukuî
• ygara rerekoara
• ygara rokabytera
• ygara'ykytĩaba
• ygarapé
• ygarembé
• ygareté
• ygarosara
• ygarupaba
• ygarusu
• ygaybyrá

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: igara
• → Brazilian Portuguese: igara

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ygara”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 525–526