mboîoby
Old Tupi
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editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mojoβɨ.
Cognate with Guaraní mbói hovy.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmboîoby (unpossessable)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- anonymous author (1622) “Cobra”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 76: “Boyobŷ [Mboîoby]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mboîoby”, 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 271, column 2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271