Where does “gûaraúna” come from?

gûaraúna (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi gûará, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wara — scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber).

gûaraúna (Old Tupi): limpkin

Definitions

  1. limpkin

Ancestry of “gûaraúna”, step by step

gûaraúna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi gûará

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupigûaráscarlet ibis
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*warascarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

via Old Tupi un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiunblack
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*un—

Words derived from “gûaraúna”

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