Paraguaĭ

Paraguai Paraguái Classical Guarani Etymology gn-cls :af paraguâ<t:feather crown> ĭ<t:river> According to Montoya, from gn-cls paraguâ<t:feather crown> ĭ<t:river>.Paraguâ 263 1 According to Navarro, actually meaning “amazon parrot river”.tpw DTA paragûá 371 Compare tpw paragûá, gug paragua<t:amazon parrot>, and urb parawa<t:mealy amazon>. For the possibility of gn-cls paraguâ also meaning “parrot”, compare tup-gua-pro *eir honey, bee. Proper noun gn-cls proper noun gn-cls Paraguay Q179396 es tpw 1 1639 w:Antonio Ruiz de Montoya Conquista espiritual hecha por los religiosos de la Compañia de Iesus, en las prouincias del Paraguay, Parana, Vruguay y Tape Deſcriueſe la Prouincia del Paraguay II https://archive.org/details/A1100623 2 https://archive.org/details/A1100623/page/n97/mode/1up?view=theater LA Prouinncia del Paraguay conſtaua de quatro ciudades de Eſpañoles, las tres aſſolarõ los de ſan Pablo, la cabeça donde reſide el Obiſpo, y Gouernador es la ciudad de la Aſſumpcion, ſituada a la orilla del rio llamado Paraguay, y, quiere dezir, rio, Paragua, Corona de plumas: y aſsi en nueſtro idioma dize, rio Coronado, es rio caudaloſo, y ancho, por dõde deſde el puerto de Buenosaires, que diſta de la Aſſumpciõ mas de 200. leguas, ſuben, y baxan varcas bien grandes al tragin de frutos de la tierra, que los mas ordinarios ſon, açucar, miel, vino, cera, carretas, garabata, que es genero de cañamo, y la yerua que comunmente llaman del Paraguay. The province of Paraguay consisted of four cities of Spaniards, the three of them the people of São Paulo destroyed; the head, where the Bishop and Governor reside, is the city of the Assumption, situated on the bank of the river called Paraguay, and y means river, paragua, crown of feathers: and thus in our language it says, Crowned River; it is a mighty and wide river, along which, from the port of Buenos Aires, which is more than 200 leagues distant from the Assumption, very large boats go up and down carrying the fruits of the land, the most ordinary of which are sugar, honey, wine, wax, carts, garabata, which is a kind of hemp, and the herb commonly called that of Paraguay. Related terms gn-cls paraguaĭgûara Descendants gug Paraguay es Paraguay 1 References