Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From taba (village) +‎ eté (big).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ta.βɛˈtɛ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: ta‧be‧té

Noun

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tabeté (possessable)

  1. city

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tabeté”, 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 456, column 1