ybaka
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβak (“sky”), from Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷa (“high”).[1] Doublet of ybaté. The sense of heaven is a semantic loan from Portuguese céu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɨˈβ̞a.ka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: y‧ba‧ka
Derived terms
- ybakuna
- ybakygûar
- ybakygûara
- ybatinga
Descendants
- Nheengatu: iwaka
References
- Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, archived from the original on 2023-08-19, page 410
Further reading
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “ybaka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 515, column 2
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