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obaî

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From obá (“face”) +‎ -i (“at”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈβaj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: o‧baî

Postposition

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obaî (pluriform, R1 robaî, R2 sobaî)

  1. beyond
  2. across
  3. in front of

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “obaî”, 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 353, column 2
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