kabobaîuba
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Old Tupi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kaba (“wasp”) + obá (“face”) + îub (“yellow”) + -a.[1]
Noun[edit]
kabobaîuba (unpossessable)
- bee of the species Melipona (Michmelia) rufiventris
References[edit]
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kabobaîuba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 210, column 2