eîmbaba
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛjˈᵐba.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -aβa
- Hyphenation: eî‧mba‧ba
Noun
eîmbaba (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute teîmbaba, R1 reîmbaba, R2 seîmbaba)
- alternative form of eŷmbaba
- 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter V, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 14v:
- […] xéreimbâba tapiîra
- [ […] xe reîmbaba tapi'ira.]
- My cow.
- (literally, “My livestock tapir.”)