inaîagûasu'yba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From inaîagûasu (“coconut”) +‎ 'yba (“tree”).

Noun

inaîagûasu'yba (?)

1. (Late Tupi) coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)

   Synonym: inaîagûasu

References

• Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book III, chapter XIV (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 138: “Inaia Gvacviba [Inaîagûasu'yba]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “inaîagûasu'yba”, 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 186, column 1