obyeté
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
From oby (“blue, green, purple”) + eté (“true”), as to differentiate it from the other colors.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
obyeté (IIa class pluriform, absolute tobyeté, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté) (possessable)
Adjective edit
obyeté (IIa class pluriform, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté)
See also edit
| Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouns | piranga／pyranga | îuba | oby obyeté |
tinga | una | tingaíba, pytanga |
| Adjectives | pirang／pyrang | îub | ting | un | tingaíb, pytang | |
References edit
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “obyeté”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 355, column 2