sembiararaîybo'ira
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old Tupi ==
=== Etymology ===
From sembiara (“[one's] prey”) + raîyra (“[someone's] daughter”) + po'yra (“necklace”), literally “necklace of one's prey's daughter”.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [sɛ̃.mbiˌa.ɾa.ɾa.jɨ.βɔˈʔi.ɾa], [sɛ̃.mbiˌa.ɾa.ɾa.ʒɨ.βɔˈʔi.ɾa]
Rhymes: -iɾa
Hyphenation: se‧mbi‧a‧ra‧ra‧îy‧bo‧'i‧ra
=== Noun ===
sembiararaîybo'ira (?)
(astronomy) Name of a constellation which, according to the indigenous people, announced the rain. Further details are uncertain.
=== Further reading ===
Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “sembiararaîybo'ira”, 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 441, column 1