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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mojoβɨ.
Cognate with Guaraní mbói hovy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: mbo‧îo‧by
Noun
mboîoby (unpossessable)
- Lichtenstein's green racer (Philodryas olfersii)
Descendants
References
- anonymous author (1622) “Cobra”, 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 76: “Boyobŷ [Mboîoby]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mboîoby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 271, column 2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271