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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani . By surface analysis, moro- (“people”) + ubixaba (“leader”).
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mboruvixa and Paraguayan Guaraní mburuvicha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -aβa
- Hyphenation: mo‧ru‧bi‧xa‧ba
Noun
morubixaba (possessable)
- chieftain (leader of a clan or tribe)
- mister; sir (title of adult male)
1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter LII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 327v:Bourouuichaue de akan omano?- [Morubixaba, nde akanga omanõ?]
- Sir, does your head hurt?
- (Late Tupi) monarch (ruler of an absolute monarchy)
- Synonyms: reîa, ubixaba
- (Late Tupi) judge (public judicial official)
- (Late Tupi) superior (person of higher rank)
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