mboîa

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• moîa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈᵐbɔ.ja]
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: mbo‧îa

Noun

mboîa (unpossessable)

1. snake
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Da conceição de Nossa Senhora”, in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Helder Perri Ferreira, compilers, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 178, lines 1–5:

     Eva, îandé syypy,
     onhemomotareté
     ybaporanga resé,
     mboîa nhe'enga rupi,
     iî ykyébo, i gûabo nhẽ.

     Eva, our first mother, was much attracted by the beautiful fruit, after the snake’s words, and indeed picking it, and eating it.

Derived terms

• araryboîa
• kakaboîa
• mboiesapykûara
• Mboî'i
• mboîasyposanga
• mboîeté
• mboîgûasu
• mboîkupekanga
• mboîkyba
• mboîkûatiara
• mboîmaraká
• mboîmaraká
• mboîoby
• mboîpeba
• mboîro'ysanga
• mboîsinimbeba
• mboîsininga
• mboîtinga
• mboîtininga
• mboîtĩapûá
• mboîubu
• mboîuna
• mboîusu
• taragûyboîa
• tare'imboîa
• îyboîa

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: buya

References

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mboîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 271, column 1