Guaratiba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi Gûaratyba, from gûará (“scarlet ibis”) +‎ tyba (“gathering”), literally “gathering of scarlet ibises”.[1] Doublet of Guaratuba.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.ɾɐˈti.bɐ/ [ɡwɐ.ɾɐˈti.βɐ]

Proper noun

Guaratiba ?

  1. a neighborhood of Zona Oeste district, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Guaratiba”, 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, page 563, column 1

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