ambeaîó
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ambé (“crotch”) + aîó (“bag”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ambeaîó (IIa class pluriform, absolute tambeaîó, R1 rambeaîó, R2 sambeaîó) (possessable)
- marsupium (pouch of a marsupial)
- Holonym: sarigûeîa
- 1622, anonymous author, “Bolso do raposo em q. cria os filhos”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 57; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
- Çambêajô.
- [Sambeaîó.]
References
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ambeaîó”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 30, column 1