obyeté

Old Tupi

Etymology

From oby (“blue, green, purple”) +‎ eté (“true”), as to differentiate it from the other colors.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ.βɨ.ɛˈtɛ/, [ɔˌβ̞ɨɛˈtɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: o‧by‧e‧té

Noun

obyeté (IIa class pluriform, absolute tobyeté, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté) (possessable)

  1. blue
    Synonym: oby

Adjective

obyeté (IIa class pluriform, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté)

  1. blue
    Synonym: oby

See also
Colors in Old Tupi · (layout · text)
     ting      tingaíba, pytang      un
             pirang              tingaíba, pytang              îub; tingaíba, pytang
             oby              oby              oby
             oby, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)              oby, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)              oby, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
             oby              oby              tingaíba, pytang

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “obyeté”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 355, column 2

Further reading
  • Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
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