ybaka

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβa-k (“sky”), from Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷa- (“high”). Doublet of ybaté. The sense of heaven is a semantic loan from Portuguese céu.

Cognate with Guaraní yvága.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨˈβ̞a.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: y‧ba‧ka

Noun

ybaka (unpossessable)

1. sky
2. (Christianity, Late Tupi) heaven

   Synonym: orypaba

Derived terms

• ybakuna
• ybakygûar
• ybakygûara
• ybatinga

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: iwaka

References

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ybaka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 515, column 2