Tebiresá

Old Tupi

Etymology

From tebira (“buttocks”) +‎ esá (“eye”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛ.βi.ɾɛˈsa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: Te‧bi‧re‧sá

Proper noun

Tebiresá

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: Tibiriçá

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Tebiresá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 469, column 2
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