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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eɨmaβ.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ymba.
Pronunciation
Noun
eŷmbaba (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute teŷmbaba, R1 reŷmbaba, R2 seŷmbaba)
- livestock
- Synonym: mimbaba
1622, anonymous author, “Restituir o mesmo q. se tomou in specie tm. como hũa galinha por outra, etc.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 103; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Ceigmbaba reco biaramo amo aimeeng yxupe.- [Seŷmbaba rekobîaramo amõ aîme'eng i xupé.]
- In exchange for their livestock, I gave them another one.
- pet (animal kept as a companion)
- Synonym: mimbaba
eŷmbaba îagûara- dog
- (literally, “pet jaguar”)
Usage notes
- With the advent of colonization, Tupians used the names of similar native animals to call the unknown species brought by the Europeans. Neologisms were then created by using eté (“true”) and eŷmbaba／mimbaba (“domestic animal”) as a form to differentiate the old and new species, respectively.
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References
- ^ 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 162, line 3