membyra
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mẽmbyT, from Proto-Tupian *mẽpyT.[1] By surface analysis, mena (“husband”) + a'yra (“semen”).[2][note 1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
membyra (possessable)
Usage notes edit
- ^ In Tupian culture, women weren't seen as responsible for the conception of the children but a mere receptacle of the men's seed.
Coordinate terms edit
Descendants edit
- Nheengatu: mimbira
References edit
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “membyra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 46, column 2