eirapu'a

== Old Tupi == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eirapuʔa. By surface analysis, eíra (“bee”) +‎ apu'a (“round”). Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani eirapu'a. === Noun === eirapu'a (unpossessable) vulture bee (Trigona spinipes) ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: irapuã → Brazilian Portuguese: irapuá === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “eirapu'a”, 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, column 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