eíra

== Old Tupi == === Etymology === From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eir. Cognate with Mbya Guarani ei and Paraguayan Guarani eíra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛˈi.ɾa] Rhymes: -iɾa Hyphenation: e‧í‧ra === Noun === eíra (possessable) honey (sweet substance produced by bees) Synonym: yapira ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: ira === Noun === eíra (unpossessable) meliponine (any stingless bee of the tribe Meliponini) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: ira → Brazilian Portuguese: irá === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “eíra”, 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 91, columns 1–2 Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294 == Paraguayan Guarani == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eit, from Proto-Tupian *ewit. Cognate with Mbya Guarani ei and Old Tupi eíra. === Noun === eíra molasses syrup === References ===