Where does “Kûarasyîuba” come from?
Kûarasyîuba (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.
Ancestry of “Kûarasyîuba”, step by step
Kûarasyîuba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Tupi îub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Tupi | îub | to lie |
| 2 | Old Tupi | -a | forms nouns from a word's stem |
| 3 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 4 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Tupian | *po | hand |
via Old Tupi kûarasy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Tupi | kûarasy | the Sun |
| 2 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *kʷarat͡ʃɨ | sun |