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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *(ʔ)ɨβɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ꝁɯt͡spɨ.[1]
Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní yvy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɨˈβɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: y‧by
Noun
yby (unpossessable)
- earth; soil (unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth)
- ground (the surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground)
- dry land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
- Synonym: ybyeté
Noun
yby (possessable)
- (figurative) land; homeland; homeplace
- Synonym: etama
Our kó xe yby supa rimba'e.- They came to visit this land of mine long ago.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
yby (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tyby, R1 ryby, R2 tyby)
- grave; tomb
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:karamemûã
- buried human remains
Derived terms
References
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
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