gûaîmĩ ûyrapara

Old Tupi

Etymology

Calque of Portuguese arco-da-velha.

Noun

gûaîmĩ ûyrapara (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

  1. rainbow
    Synonyms: mboîusu, îy'yba

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: waimĩ-mirapara

References

  • Arronches, João de (1739), “ARCO DA VELHA”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 110: “guamim gorapára”
  • Frei Onofre (1751), “Arco da velha”, in José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, editor, Dicionario portuguez, e brasiliano [Brazilian and Portuguese dictionary] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, published 1795, page 15, column 1: “Goaimîmi uirapára”
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