kesaba

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ker (“to sleep”) +‎ -sab (instrumentalizer suffix) +‎ -a, literally “sleeping place”.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɛˈsa.β̞a/
  • Rhymes: -aβa
  • Hyphenation: ke‧sa‧ba

Noun[edit]

kesaba (possessable)

  1. hammock
    Synonyms: inĩ, upaba
    • 1595 [1555], Joseph of Anchieta, chapter X, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, page 44:
      Eyotĩ de queçába, xeporupî.
      [Eîotĩ nde kesaba xe porupi]
      Tie your hammock next to me.
  2. perch (rod used used as a roost by birds)
    Synonym: endaba
  3. (Late Tupi) bed (piece of furniture to rest or sleep)
    Synonyms: inimbeba, kesapeba, upaba

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: kisawa

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kesaba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 227, column 1
  • “Poleiro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (in Portuguese), Piratininga, 1622; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 80
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