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CANONICAL LANGUAGE GRAPH

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NODE / 0349attestedTupi

jawára / jaguara

large carnivore; a broader predator label than the modern English species term

DATE
Tupi
SENSE
large carnivore
FAMILY
Tupian / Tupi–Guaraní
CANONICAL KEY
node:51:jawara:attested:sense:large-carnivore

Merriam-Webster prints Tupi jawára “large carnivore”; CNRTL documents historical Tupi variants and later European specialization.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 1 evidence path stops at this boundary.

INSPECT 1 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIM
GO DEEPERknowledge boundaryboundary
Beyond secure reconstruction · before Tupi jawára · jaguar deep boundary

UNKNOWN

No securely reviewed deeper lexical ancestor is promoted.

SOUND
No deeper ancestor is promoted beyond the attested Tupi source.
MEANING
The lexical path reaches the Indigenous Brazilian form and stops.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary · Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
boundary — The reviewed sources do not establish a deeper form.
Jaguar — Word HistorycontextWord History — Tupi endpoint

Defines the reviewed source horizon.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 331 ↗
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished
Portuguese · Portuguese · large cat name

jaguar

jaguar

SOUND
Portuguese jaguar reflects Tupi jawára or jaguara with adaptation to Portuguese spelling.
MEANING
A broader Tupi large-carnivore name became specialized as the jaguar species name in European languages.
CHRONOLOGY
Colonial-era Brazilian transmission; no invented exact year.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors · CNRTL editors
CONFIDENCE
established — Merriam-Webster explicitly gives Tupi jawára and its broad gloss; CNRTL documents historical variants and specialization.
Jaguar — Word HistorysupportsWord History — Tupi jawára “large carnivore”

Supplies the direct Tupi attribution and broad source sense.

ORIGINAL ↗
Jaguar — étymologiesupportsEtymologie — Tupi januare, jaguara and later specialization

Documents Tupi variants and European lexical specialization.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 330 ↗
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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jaguar2 connected nodes
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01borrowingestablished
Tupijawára / jaguara→Portuguese · Portuguesejaguarjaguar
SOUND
Portuguese jaguar reflects Tupi jawára or jaguara with adaptation to Portuguese spelling.
MEANING
A broader Tupi large-carnivore name became specialized as the jaguar species name in European languages.
Merriam-Webster Editors · CNRTL editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 330 ↗
Jaguar — Word History · Word History — Tupi jawára “large carnivore” ↗Jaguar — étymologie · Etymologie — Tupi januare, jaguara and later specialization ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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03jaguarjawára / jaguara · established