tipoîa

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Old Tupi

tipoîa (sense 1)

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Noun

tipoîa (possessable)

  1. (hapax) sling; baby sling (loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby)
    • Fernão Cardim (p. 1583) “A Treatiſe of Braſil, written by a Portugall which had long lived there”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Francis Cooke, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VII, chapter I § I (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1291:Tupiya [Typ[o]îa]
  2. (hapax) a kind of cotton camisole worn by women

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: tipuya
  • Portuguese: tipoia, tipói

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