îaboti

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jaβoti.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja.β̞ɔˈti]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: îa‧bo‧ti

Noun

îaboti (unpossessable)

  1. any tortoise from the genus Chelonoidis

Derived terms

  • îabotimirĩ
  • îabotipeba
  • îabutikaba

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: yautí
  • Brazilian Portuguese: jabuti, jaboti; jaboty

References

  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 164, line 175

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