Old Tupi

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'ybakamusi

Etymology

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From 'ybá (fruit) +‎ kamusi (pot).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔɨˌβa.kã.muˈsi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: 'y‧bá‧ka‧mu‧si

Noun

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'ybakamusi (unpossessable)

  1. A tropical fruit tree native to South America (Campomanesia phaea).
  2. The fruit of this tree.

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: Cambuci, cambuci

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ybakamusi”, 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, page 516, column 1