'ara
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Old Tupi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
'ara (unpossessable)
- day (time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky)
- 'ara pukuî ― all day
- day (a full day-night cycle)
- sun; daylight (light and warmth received from the sun)
- air (substance constituting Earth's atmosphere)
- weather (state of the atmosphere)
- world; the Earth
Noun[edit]
'ara (possessable)
- top (the uppermost part of something)
- understanding; comprehension
- reason; sense
- time (instance or occurrence)
- opportunity
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
'ara (possessable)
Further reading[edit]
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ara”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil[1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 57–58