yby
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Old Tupi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *(ʔ)ɨβɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ꝁɯt͡spɨ.[1]
Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní yvy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yby (unpossessable)
- earth; soil (unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth)
- ground (the surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground)
- dry land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
- Synonym: ybyeté
Noun[edit]
yby (possessable)
- (figurative) land; homeland; homeplace
- Synonym: etama
- Our kó xe yby supa rimba'e.
- They came to visit this land of mine long ago.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Nheengatu: iwí
Noun[edit]
yby (IIb class pluriform, absolute tyby, R1 ryby, R2 tyby) (possessable)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “yby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 518, column 1
Categories:
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨ
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨ/2 syllables
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi nouns
- Old Tupi unpossessable nouns
- Old Tupi palindromes
- Old Tupi possessable nouns
- Old Tupi terms with usage examples
- Old Tupi IIb class nouns
- Old Tupi pluriform nouns
- tpw:Burial
- tpw:Earth
- tpw:Natural materials
- tpw:Landforms