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Old Tupi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-uβ / *juβ (“to lie”), from Proto-Tupian *-up / *wup (“to lie”).[1]
Verb
îub(intransitive)
- to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
- Antonym: 'am
- to be implicit
- to lodge (stay in any place or shelter)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juβ (“yellow”), from Proto-Tupian *wup (“red”).[2]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ju.
Adjective
îub (noun form îuba)
- yellow
- pale
- (Late Tupi) blond; fair-haired
- (Late Tupi) ginger; ginger-haired
Declension
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îub / ub(a)”, 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 196, column 1
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îuba”, 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 196, columns 1–2