îaboti

Old Tupi

îaboti (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jaβoti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja.β̞ɔˈti]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: îa‧bo‧ti

Noun

îaboti (unpossessable)

1. any tortoise from the genus Chelonoidis

Derived terms

• îabotimirĩ
• îabotipeba
• îabutikaba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yautí
• → Brazilian Portuguese: jabuti, jaboti; jaboty
  • → English: jabuti

Further reading

• “Cagado da terra”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (in Portuguese), Piratininga, 1622; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, volume 1, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 62
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “îaboti”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 152, column 2