ambeaîó

Old Tupi

Etymology

From ambé (“crotch”) +‎ aîó (“bag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ã.ᵐbɛ.aˈjɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: a‧mbé‧a‧îó

Noun

ambeaîó (IIa class pluriform, absolute tambeaîó, R1 rambeaîó, R2 sambeaîó) (possessable)

1. (hapax) marsupium (pouch of a marsupial)

   Holonym: sarigûeîa

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Bolso do raposo em q. cria os filhos”, 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 57: “Çambêajô. [Sambeaîó.]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ambeaîó”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 30, column 1