'ybá

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβべーた (“fruit”).[1] By surface analysis, 'yba (“plant”) +‎ 'a (“fruit”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní yva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɨˈβべーたa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: 'y‧bá

Noun

'ybá (unpossessable)

  1. fruit

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: iyá

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 206
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ybá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 46, column 2
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