Where does “guirajuba” come from?

guirajuba (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi gûyraîuba, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

guirajuba (Portuguese): golden parakeet

Definitions

  1. golden parakeet

Ancestry of “guirajuba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupigûyraîubagolden parakeet
2Old Tupiîubto lie
3Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
4Old Tupipóhand
5Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
6Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →