'ybá

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβ (“fruit”).[1] By surface analysis, 'yba (“plant”) +‎ 'a (“fruit”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní yva.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɨˈβa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: 'y‧bá

Noun

'ybá (unpossessable)

  1. fruit

Derived terms
  • 'ybaaîa
  • 'ybae'ẽ
  • 'ybagûasu
  • 'ybakamusi
  • 'ybakurupari
  • 'ybamembeka
  • 'ybamirĩ
  • 'ybamoîybypyra
  • 'ybamyxuna
  • 'ybapeba
  • 'ybapekanga
  • 'ybapiranga
  • 'ybapiroba
  • 'ybaporanga
  • 'ybapytanga
  • 'ybarema
  • 'ybaîuba
  • ybatĩ

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: iyá

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000-03-17), “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, archived from the original on 2023-09-05, page 206
  2. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “'ybá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 515, column 1
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