bebuî
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *βeβuj (“light”).
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní vevúi.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbebuî (noun form bebuîa)
- light (of low weight)
- floaty (tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or a gas)
- (figurative) frivolous (of little weight or importance)
Derived terms
editAdverb
editbebuî
Verb
editbebuî (first-person singular active indicative abebuî, first-person singular negative active indicative nabebuî, noun bebuîa) (intransitive)
- to float (to be supported by a fluid of greater density)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “bebuî”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 80, column 2