pyapasaba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From py (“foot”) +‎ apar (“to bend”) +‎ -sab (instrumentalizer suffix) +‎ -a, literally “foot-bending tool”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɨ.a.paˈsa.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: py‧a‧pa‧sa‧ba

Noun

pyapasaba (absolute mbyapasaba) (possessable)(Late Tupi, hapax)

1. shoe

   Synonyms: pyuru, pyaoba, (LGA) sapatu

   • 1622, anonymous author, “Calçar assi a outrem”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 63; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Aipigapaça mondeb.

     [Aîpyapasamondeb.]

     I put the shoes on.

2. horseshoe

Related terms

• pyapasab
• pyapasabapûã
• pyapasabybaté
• pyapasamoín
• pyapasamoîar
• pyapasapuku

 

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pyapasaba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 414, column 2