iaguara

Old Tupi
iaguara/iaguareté.
iaguara/iaguamimbaba

Alternative forms
  • Historical forms: iaguá; jaguá; jaguara; iaguareté (true jaguar, in opposition to a dog); jaguapitãguçu (jaguar); jaguamimbaba (domestic dog).
  • Navarro invented his own orthography, which got famous: îaûara; îagûara; îagûá.

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní jaguá, jaguarete, Spanish yaguareté

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaˈwa.ɾa/

Noun

iaguara

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)
  2. dog
  3. any ferocious hunting beast
  4. a name given to the Evening Star, the planet Venus

Descendants
  • → Nheengatu: yawara
  • → English: jaguar
  • → Spanish: jaguar
  • → Latvian: jaguārs
  • → Portuguese: jaguar

Further reading
  • Anonymous. Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica (VLB). 17th century Old Tupi vocabulary. 1952 Drummond's VLB edition.
  • NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
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