English
guariba
Guariba comes from Old Tupi gûariba ‘howler monkey’, and goes back to tup-gua-pro *wariβ.
- tup-gua-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*wariβreconstructed
- Old Tupimoderngûariba‘howler monkey’
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernguariba
- Englishearliest quotation 1865same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- tup-gua-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*wariβreconstructed
- Old Tupimoderngûariba‘howler monkey’
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernguariba
- Englishearliest quotation 1865same form
Earliest quotation: 1865, The Boys' Journal:: “[He saw] ahead of him the carcass of a…”
The story
Other early European spellings/renderings of the same Tupian word include guariva, guariha, uariba, waariba, and in French ouarive/ouariue (which was misread as ouarine, giving rise to that word and, by anglicization of it, to warine). The Century Dictionary suggests a possible relation to araguato and/or araba (an obsolete word for a howler monkey of the genus Mycetes); the New English Dictionary directs readers to compare alouatte and araguato.
Every English word from tup-gua-pro *wariβ
Today it means
noun Any of several South American howler monkeys with prehensile tails.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tup-gua-pro *wariβ / guariba