kygûaba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From kyba (“louse”, noun) +‎ ‘u (“to ingest”, verb) +‎ -saba (“instrument”).

Noun

kygûaba (possessable)

1. comb

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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