kubẽta

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Kayapó[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese coberta 'blanket', reshaped by analogy with kubẽjaê 'hammock', whose first element is kubẽ 'foreigner' (from Proto-Northern Jê *kubẽ (foreigner)).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): [kuˌbẽˈta]

Noun[edit]

kubẽta

  1. blanket