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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kɨwaβ. By surface analysis, kyba (“louse”) + 'u (“to eat”) + -sab + -a, literally “louse-eating tool”.
Pronunciation
Noun
kygûaba (possessable)
- comb (toothed implement for grooming the hair)
References
- anonymous author (1622) “Pente, ou pentẽ”, 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 72: “Quiggoaba [Kygûaba]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kygûaba”, 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 249, column 2