gûyrapunga

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

gûyraponga

Etymology

From gûyrá (“bird”) +‎ punga (“percussion”), literally, “percussion bird”, or more loosely translated as “the bird that makes percussions”. Compare Guaraní guyra póng.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʷɨɾaˈpuŋa/

Noun

gûyrapunga

bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)

Descendants

→ Portuguese: araponga, guiraponga, uiraponga, iraponga
- → English: araponga

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “gûyrapunga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 140, column 1

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