Where does “guará” come from?

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

guará (Portuguese): scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

Definitions

  1. scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

Ancestry of “guará”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupigûaráscarlet ibis
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*warascarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wara →
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