Portuguese jaguar reflects Tupi jawára or jaguara with adaptation to Portuguese spelling.
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedTupi · Tupi · large carnivorejawára / jaguara
large carnivore; a broader predator label than the modern English species term
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A broader Tupi large-carnivore name became specialized as the jaguar species name in European languages.
Colonial-era Brazilian transmission; no invented exact year.
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established — Merriam-Webster explicitly gives Tupi jawára and its broad gloss; CNRTL documents historical variants and specialization.
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Jaguar — Word HistoryWord History — Tupi jawára “large carnivore”
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the direct Tupi attribution and broad source sense.
Jaguar — étymologieEtymologie — Tupi januare, jaguara and later specialization
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents Tupi variants and European lexical specialization.
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