jagua + ‎pytã (“red”) → ‎jaguapytã (“cougar”)

With the advent of colonization, Tupians used the names of similar native animals to call the unknown species brought by the Europeans. Neologisms were then created by using eté (“true”) and eŷmbaba / mimbaba (“domestic animal”) as a form to differentiate the old and new species, respectively

Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP. page 249

Müller, Regina Aparecida Polo (1990), Os Asuriní do Xingu: História e arte, Campinas: Unicamp,
Nicholson, Velda (1982), Breve estudo da língua asurini do Xingu (Ensaios Lingüísticos; 5), Brasília: SIL Global, page 3
Pereira, Antônia Alves (2009), Estudo morfossintático do Asurini do Xingu, Campinas: Unicamp