tebira

Old Tupi

Etymology

From t- +‎ ebira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛˈβi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: te‧bi‧ra

Noun

tebira (possessable)

1. pathic; bottom (man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex)

   Synonym: tebiró

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Sextum mandatum”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Doutrina autógrafa e confessionário, volume 2, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 91, line 29:

     Ereikópe tebíra amó resé?

     [Ereîkópe tebira amõ resé?]

     Have you ever laid with any pathic?

Related terms

• motebir

 

Noun

tebira

1. absolute of ebira

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ebira”, 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 88, column 2