'ybotyra

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβotɨr, from Proto-Tupian *kˀɨp potˀɨt.[1] By surface analysis, 'yba (plant) +‎ potyra (flower).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní yvoty.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

'ybotyra (unpossessable)

  1. blossom

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 404
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ybotyra”, 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 517, column 2