'ybá
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa (“fruit”).[1][2] By surface analysis, 'yba (“plant”) + 'a (“fruit”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]'ybá (unpossessable)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: iyá
References
[edit]- ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 328, line 1
- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 206
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ybá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 515, column 1