kabobaîuba

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Old Tupi

Etymology

From kaba (“wasp”) +‎ obá (“face”) +‎ îub (“yellow”) +‎ -a.[1]

Noun

kabobaîuba (unpossessable)

  1. bee of the species Melipona (Michmelia) rufiventris

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kabobaîuba”, 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 210, column 2
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 295
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