tyba

Old Tupi

Noun

tyba (possessable)

1. gathering

   Near-synonyms: apûanã, e'yîa

   • 1622, anonymous author, Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 65; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Tacoareẽdigba […]

     [Takûare'ẽndyba […] ]

     Sugarcane plantation.

     (literally, “Sugarcane gathering.”)

2. existence
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter II, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Quinto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 80v:

     M. Deicatuipe amo aè abâ / oporomongaraipa Abarêçuî
     D. Eicatu, Abarê tibeimeê.

     [M. Nd'e'ikatupe amoaé abá oporomongaraípa abaré suí?
     D. E'ikatu, abaré tybe'ỹme é.]

     M. Can't another person baptize instead of the priest?
     D. They can, in case of really no existence of a priest.

3. forms the frequentative; indicates a frequent or usual action
   • 1622, anonymous author, Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 75; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Xepindâeitigcatîba […]

     [Xe pindaeîtykatyba […] ]

     My usual fishing spot.

Derived terms

• gûapara'ytyba
• gûapare'ytyba
• Gûatapytyba
• Rerityba
• takûare'ẽndyba
• tyb
• u'ubae'ẽndyba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: -tiwa

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tyba”, 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 485, columns 1–2