ysaúba

Old Tupi

Noun

ysaúba (unpossessable)

1. leaf-cutter ant worker (Atta sp.)

   Synonym: ysaeté

Related terms

• sebitu (male ant)
• ysaeté (worker ant)
• ysaubẽ (anthill)
• ysá (ant queen)

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: usaíwa
• → Brazilian Portuguese: saúva, saúba

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ysaúba”, 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 533, column 1
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 295