aoba

See also: Aoba

Old Tupi

Etymology

Unknown.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní ao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈɔ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -ɔβa
• Hyphenation: a‧o‧ba

Noun

aoba (possessable)

1. clothes; clothing
2. dress
3. cloth (a piece of fabric)
4. sail (piece of fabric attached to a sailboat)

Derived terms

• akangaoba
• ambeaoba
• aobasyka
• aobaíba
• aobeté
• aobusu
• aobybĩ
• aoku'asandoka
• aomokangaba
• aomonhangara
• aomoundara
• aopesembûera
• aopiranga
• aopotuká
• aopuku
• aopyasapaba
• aosyryryka
• aoîybá
• itaaoba
• itaemboaoba
• kabaoîuba
• poaoba
• pyaoba
• tambeaoba

 

Related terms

• aob

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aoba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 42, column 2