eîmbaba

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛjˈᵐba.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: eî‧mba‧ba

Noun

eîmbaba (IIa class pluriform, absolute teîmbaba, R1 reîmbaba, R2 seîmbaba) (possessable)

1. Alternative form of eŷmbaba
   • 1595 [1555], Joseph of Anchieta, chapter V, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, page 14v:

     […] xéreimbâba tapiîra

     [ […] xe reîmbaba tapi'ira.]

     My cow.

     (literally, “My livestock tapir.”)