Where does “puapy” come from?

puapy (Paraguayan Guaraní) comes from Paraguayan Guaraní mbohapy, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mot͡sapɨr.

Ancestry of “puapy”, step by step

puapy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Paraguayan Guaraní mbohapy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaranímbohapythree
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*mot͡sapɨr—

via Paraguayan Guaraní pu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaranípu—
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mot͡sapɨr →Every word from Paraguayan Guaraní mbohapy →
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