ebira

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Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Noun

ebira (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tebira, R1 rebira, R2 sebira)

  1. buttocks[1]
    Synonym: eîkûara
  2. hindquarters (the rear half of a quadruped)[2]
  3. vagina; vulva[1]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kûara
  5. bottom (lowest part of an object)[3]
  6. (nautical) stern (rear part of a ship)[4]
    Synonym: opytá

Usage notes

  • Sense 4 refered to the lowest part on the outside; when talking about the inside of said object, gûyra was used instead.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: tibira, tubi, tuvira

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pero de Castilho (1613) Nomes das partes do corpo humano, pella lingua do Braſil (in Old Tupi), volume 1; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 38, lines 211–212: “Tebîra [Tebira]”
  2. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Trazeira, ou anca de qualquer animal”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 135: “Cebira [Sebira]”
  3. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Fundo assi de fora”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 145: “Cebira [Sebira]”
  4. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Popa de qualquer embarcação”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 81: “Cebira [Sebira]”
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