Wiktionary

sebo'i

Old Tupi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡seβoʔi (“worm”).[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní evo'i and Paraguayan Guaraní sevo’i.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sɛ.βɔˈʔi/, [sɛ.β̞ɔˈʔi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: se‧bo‧'i

Noun edit

sebo'i (unpossessable)

  1. leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea)
    Synonyms: terepomonga, tugûypabe'yma

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Nheengatu: xibuí

References edit

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 199, line 627

Further reading edit

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