'ybatatã

Old Tupi

Etymology

From 'yba (“stalk”) +‎ atãatã (“very hard”).

Noun

'ybatatã (?)

1. heartwood

   Synonyms: apytera, o'o

Derived terms

• 'Ybatatã
• mo'ybatatã

 

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Cerne, qualquer pao a que o têpo gastou ia todo o de fora”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 70: “Jgbâtatâ”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ybatatã”, 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 517, column 1