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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
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ATTESTED / RECONSTRUCTED / BOUNDARY
HISTORICAL FORMS
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
jaguar
the large American cat Panthera onca
- DATE
- 1604–today
- MATCH
- exact historical form
- DOSSIERS
- 1
Portuguese / Indo-European
jaguar
jaguar
- DATE
- Portuguese
- MATCH
- exact historical form
- DOSSIERS
- 1
Tupi / Tupian
jawára / jaguara
large carnivore; a broader predator label than the modern English species term
- DATE
- Tupi
- MATCH
- gloss
- DOSSIERS
- 1
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WHERE INTERPRETATION IS TESTED
CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 1
resolvedestablishedexact word
Did Tupi jawára already mean only Panthera onca?
The cited Tupi gloss is broader: large carnivore. European languages specialized the borrowed name as the jaguar species label.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1
RANK 68GRADE Aexact ranked word
The brand and species name began as a broader Indigenous predator word.
Portuguese carried Tupi jawára into English, where a broad large-carnivore label became the name of Panthera onca.
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES
SOURCES
051
FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
ATTESTATION WITNESSES
06
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