Guazubirá
/ɡwa.su.βiˈɾa/noun
A South American brocket deer, especially Mazama gouazoubira, also called the gray brocket.
Did you know?Guazubirá is a Guarani-derived zoological name, reflecting how Indigenous South American languages preserved precise knowledge of local animals in scientific and colonial vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Colonial
Guarani
guasu
“Deer or large deer; a major element in Guarani animal names.”
Pre-Colonial
Guarani
guasu-birá
“A compound Indigenous name for a particular deer, though the precise interpretation of the second element varies among sources.”
16th–17th Century
Spanish
guazubirá
“A Guarani loanword used in Spanish descriptions of South American deer.”
19th Century
Scientific Latin
Mazama gouazoubira
“The zoological name assigned to the gray brocket deer.”
Modern English
English
guazubirá
“A regional or zoological name for the gray brocket deer.”