'yba
Old Tupi
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβ (“tree”),[1][2] from Proto-Tupian *ꝁɯp (“tree, stick”).[3]
Noun
edit'yba (unpossessable)
- plant
- tree
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Do primeiro nouiſsimo, que he a morte.” (chapter I), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Quarto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 157v:
- Ocuiracô amume îbáramboera oîbaçuí îbotîramo oicóbobê: amô racó ogoaquîra pupe y cui amóracò ogoaiubirê ycui.
- [Okuî rakó amũme 'ybarambûera o 'yba suí 'ybotyramo oîkóbo bé, amõ rakó ogûakyra pupé i kuî, amõ rakó ogûaîub'iré i kuî]
- The fruits sometimes fall from their tree when they are still flowers, others when green and others when ripe.
- shoot (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
- Synonym: embó
Noun
edit'yba (possessable)
- stalk (stem or main axis of a plant)
- handle; shaft (part of an object held in the hand when used or moved)
- 'ypûã ― sword handle (literally, “finger handle”)
Descendants
edit- Nheengatu: iwa
Etymology 2
editNoun
edit'yba (possessable)
Etymology 3
editBy surface analysis, 'y (“water”) + aíb (“bad”) + -a.
Noun
edit'yba (possessable)
- a tree in the genus Ateleia
Etymology 4
editPossibly related to ypy.
Noun
edit'yba (possessable)
- bottom; lowest part of something
- Synonym: ypy
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “November”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 9:
- Coir nungâra âra pupê Chriſto recô reronheeng nheenga recê T. rerobiaçareima S. Andre Apoſtolo biâ jucao; cruZ recê ymoiâri, yyerurèçaboê omboêçâra moetêbo igbatê coti ogoètimâ moiarucari igbâ coti oâcanga.
- [Ko'yr nungara 'ara pupé Cristo rekó reronhe'enhe'enga resé, Tupã rerobîasare'yma S. André Apóstolo byá îukaû. Cruz resé i moîari, i îerurésabo é, o mbo'esara moetébo: ybaté koty ogûetymã moîarukari 'yba koty o akanga.]
- In a day like today, for keep speaking about the work of Christ, the ones that didn't believe in God killed Saint Andrew the Apostle. On the cross they nailed him as he asked, honoring his master: he ordered that his legs be nailed upwards [and] his head downwards.
Etymology 5
editNoun
edit'yba (unpossessable)
- guide (someone who guides)
- leader; master; commander
- 1645 August 19, Antônio Filipe Camarão, Letter to Pedro Poti (Camarão Indians' letters; 1), page 1:
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- [Okanhemetá 'ybama, apŷabaíba, oré suí.]
- Many commanders, evil men, will perish by our hand.
- (Late Tupi) conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)
References
edit- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 210, line 3
- ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family[1], Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[2] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
Further reading
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'yba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 514–515
Categories:
- Old Tupi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨβa
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨβa/2 syllables
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi nouns
- Old Tupi unpossessable nouns
- Old Tupi terms with collocations
- Old Tupi terms with quotations
- Old Tupi terms with quotations from the Catechism in the Brasílica Language
- Old Tupi possessable nouns
- Old Tupi compound terms
- Old Tupi terms suffixed with -a
- Old Tupi terms with unknown etymologies
- Old Tupi terms with quotations from the Camarão Indians' letters
- Late Tupi
- tpw:Trees
- tpw:Leaders
- tpw:Musicians