bebuî

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *βeβuj (“light”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní vevúi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [β̞ɛˈβ̞uj]
Rhymes: -uj
Hyphenation: be‧buî

Adjective

bebuî (noun form bebuîa)

light (of low weight)
floaty (tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or a gas)
(figurative) frivolous (of little weight or importance)

Derived terms

bebuîa
bebuîkatu
bebuînhẽ
bebuîtaba
nhy'ãbebuîa
pobebuîa
ypebebuîa

Adverb

bebuî

slightly (to a small extent or degree)
weakly (with little strength or force)

Verb

bebuî (first-person singular active indicative abebuî, first-person singular negative active indicative nabebuî, noun bebuîa) (intransitive)

to float (to be supported by a fluid of greater density)

Descendants

Nheengatu: wiwí
→⇒ Brazilian Portuguese: bubuiar

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “bebuî”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 80, column 2

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