mirá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mira"

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • muirá (obsolete)

Etymology

  • Inherited from Old Tupi ybyrá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβɨra.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mirá (plural mirá-itá)

    1. tree
      Coordinate term: iwa
    2. (uncountable) wood
      • 2021, Bíblia Baré, Buia Igarapé; Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory: Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, translation of The New Testament, 2 Timuteu 2:20:
        Ape turusu uka upe siya siruita, maa timaa aintapawa kuaita uru suiwaraita, prata suiwaraita yuiri; maa aikue yuiri kuaita mirá suiwaraita, tuyuka suiwaraita yuiri, asui amuita purangawaita siruita, asui amuita tenyuntuwaraita riru aramawaa.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    3. stick; piece of wood
    • mirapewa

    References

    • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “mirá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 479

    Spanish

    Verb

    mirá

    1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mirar
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