obá
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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *toβa (“face”), from Proto-Tupian *jəba (“face, forehead”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
obá (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tobá, R1 robá, R2 sobá)
- face (front part of the head of a human or animal)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Nheengatu: suá
References
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “obá”, 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 353, column 2
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
obá m (plural obás)