Gûatapytyba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From gûatapy (“sea snail, or its shell”) +‎ tyba (“gathering”), literally “gathering of sea snails, or of its shells”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wa.ta.pɨˈtɨ.βa]
• Rhymes: -ɨβa
• Hyphenation: Gûa‧ta‧py‧ty‧ba

Proper noun

Gûatapytyba

1. (now historical) a former Tupian village in São Vicente Captaincy; nowadays Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Descendants

• → Portuguese: Guatapitiba (learned)

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûatapy”, 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 136, column 2