Tuîba'e

Old Tupi

Etymology

From tuîba'e (“old man, elder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuj.βaˈʔɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: Tuî‧ba‧'e

Proper noun

Tuîba'e

1. (astronomy) Name of a constellation with many stars arranged like an old man holding a club. Further details are uncertain.

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Tuîba'e”, 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 481, column 1