sebo'i
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡seβoʔi (“worm”).[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní evo'i and Paraguayan Guaraní sevo’i.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sebo'i (unpossessable)
- leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea)
- Synonyms: terepomonga, tugûypabe'yma
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Nheengatu: xibuí
References edit
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sebo'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 440, column 1