ybytinga

Old Tupi

Etymology

From yby (“earth”) +‎ tinga (“whiteness”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɨ.βɨˈtĩ.ŋa/
Rhymes: -ĩŋa
Hyphenation: y‧by‧ti‧nga
Homophone: Ybytinga

Noun

ybytinga (unpossessable)

cloud
Synonym: ybatinga
fog
snow
Synonyms: amanarypy'oka, ro'yîukyra, ro'ynhemoapysanga, ro'yrypy'oka

Descendants

→ Portuguese: Ibitinga

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ybytinga”, 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 524, column 1

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