mirá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mira"

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • muirá (obsolete)

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /miˈra/, [miˈɾa]
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Hyphenation: mi‧rá]

    Noun

    mirá (plural mirá-itá)

    1. tree
      Coordinate term: iwa
    2. (uncountable) wood
    3. stick; piece of wood

    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