Where does “gûyrapuka” come from?

gûyrapuka (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi gûyrá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨra — bird.

gûyrapuka (Old Tupi): a type of trap used to catch birds

Definitions

  1. a type of trap used to catch birds

Ancestry of “gûyrapuka”, step by step

gûyrapuka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi gûyrá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupigûyrábird
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*wɨrabird

via Old Tupi puká

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupipukáto laugh
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*puka—
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨra →Every word from Old Tupi gûyrá →