'ybá

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Old Tupi

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa (“fruit”).[1][2] By surface analysis, 'yba (“plant”) +‎ 'a (“fruit”).[3]

    Cognate with Guaraní yva.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʔɨˈβa/
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Hyphenation: 'y‧bá

    Noun

    'ybá (unpossessable)

    1. fruit
      Synonym: 'a

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: iyá

    References

    1. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 328, line 1
    2. ^ 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 714
    3. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ybá”, 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 515, column 1
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