Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From tebira (buttocks) +‎ esá (eye).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛ.βi.ɾɛˈsa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: Te‧bi‧re‧sá

Proper noun

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Tebiresá

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: Tibiriçá

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Tebiresá”, 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 469, column 2