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The history and meaning of the name Guaraní are subject to dispute. Before they encountered Europeans, the Guarani referred to themselves simply as Abá , meaning "men" or "people". [ 4 ] The term Guarani was originally applied by early Jesuit missionaries to refer to natives who had accepted conversion to the Christian religion; Cayua or ...
Ipecacuanha (the name of a medicinal drug) comes from a homonymous Tupi–Guarani name that can be rendered as ipe-kaa-guené, meaning a creeping plant that makes one vomit. [32] "Cougar" is borrowed from Guarani guazu ara. [33] The name of Paraguay is itself a Guarani word, as is the name of Uruguay. [34]
Tupi and Guarani: The common name is from the Tupi name of the animal, eîrara, via Spanish or Portuguese, while the generic name is from the (related) Guarani name of the animal, eira. [241] [242] Tehuelchesaurus † sauropod: Named in honor of the Tehuelche people: Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) bean: Uncertain
The Tupi people, a subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, were one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Brazil before its colonization. Scholars believe that while they first settled in the Amazon rainforest, from about 2,900 years ago the Tupi started to migrate southward and gradually occupied the Atlantic coast of Southeast Brazil.
The original humans created by Tupã were Rupave and Sypave, whose names mean "Father of the people" and "Mother of the people", respectively. The pair had three sons and a large but unspecified number of daughters. The first of their sons was Tumé Arandú, considered to be the wisest of men and the great prophet of the Guarani
The Guarani-Kaiowá are also known as the Kaiwá, Caingua, Caiua, Caiwa, Cayua, Kaiova, and Kayova. [1] These spellings were largely devised by Europeans, The National Museum of Brazil (Portuguese: Museu Nacional) keeps records of the earliest Latinized forms for transcribing the name on behalf of the people, coincidentally Kaiowá means exactly this 'the people' - in their own language.
In the neighbouring Spanish colonies, Guarani, another Tupian language closely related to Old Tupi, had a similar history, but managed to resist the spread of Spanish more successfully than Tupi resisted Portuguese. Today, Guarani has seven million speakers, and is one of the official languages of Paraguay. The Tupian family also includes ...
State name Language of origin Source word Meaning and Notes Acre: Tupi: a'quiri or a'kiru, from a misspelling of Aquiri, a local river, which meaning is "green river"; not from acre (a measurement of area) or Acre (as in the Siege of Acre). Alagoas: Portuguese: plural of alagoa, a flooded field or swamp Amapá: Arawak: amapá