pindoba

See also: Pindoba

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pĩˈⁿdɔβa/

Noun

pindoba

1. Attalea oleifera, a variety of cocosoid palm tree endemic to Brazil

   Synonym: pindó

Derived terms

• pindobosu
• Pindotyba

 

Descendants

• Northern General Language:
  • Nheengatu: pindaua
• → Portuguese: pindoba, pindova

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pindoba”, 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 383, column 2

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pindova

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pindoba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈdɔ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈdɔ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈdɔ.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈdɔ.bɐ/ [pĩˈdɔ.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɔbɐ
• Homophone: Pindoba
• Hyphenation: pin‧do‧ba

Noun

pindoba f (plural pindobas)

1. (Brazil) Attalea oleifera, a variety of cocosoid palm tree endemic to Brazil
2. (Brazil, by extension) any palm tree in the genus Attalea