ybaka
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβa-k (“sky”), from Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷa- (“high”).[1] Doublet of ybaté. The sense of heaven is a semantic loan from Portuguese céu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ybaka (unpossessable)
- sky
- (Christianity, Late Tupi) heaven
- Synonym: orypaba
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Nheengatu: iwaka
References edit
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ybaka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 515, column 2