tipoîa

Old Tupi

Sy o pitangĩ ogûeru o tipoîa pupé
(The mother carries her baby in her sling)

Alternative forms

• typoîa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈpɔ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: ti‧po‧îa

Noun

tipoîa (possessable)

1. sling; child carrier (a loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby)
2. a kind of cotton camisole worn by women

Derived terms

• tipoîrana
• Tipoîusu

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tipuya
• → Portuguese: tipoia, tipói

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tipoîa”, 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, pages 479–480