ebira
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Old Tupi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ebira (IIa class pluriform, absolute tebira, R1 rebira, R2 sebira) (possessable)
- buttocks
- Synonym: eîkûara
- vagina, vulva
- Synonyms: akaîá, apupira, kûara, membynhemonhangaba
- bottom (lowest part of an object)
- stern (rear part of a ship)
- Synonym: opytá
- sodomy; anal sex
- bottom; catcher (man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex); (broadly) homossexual man
- Synonym: tebiró
Usage notes[edit]
- When referring to objects, ebira was used to point the lowest part on the outside; when talking about the inside of said object, gûyra was used instead.
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Further reading[edit]
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ebira”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 88, column 2