ybyku'i

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβɨkuʔi (sand).[1] By surface analysis, yby (earth) +‎ ku'i (flour).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní yvykuʼi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ybyku'i (unpossessable)

  1. sand

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: iwikuí, iuikuí
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Ibicuí

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 206, line 3
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “yby”, 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 518, column 1