mboîa

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

moîa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈᵐbɔ.ja]
Rhymes: -ɔja
Hyphenation: mbo‧îa

Noun

mboîa (unpossessable)

snake
- 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Da conceição de Nossa Senhora”, in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Helder Perri Ferreira, compilers, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 178, lines 1–5:
  Eva, îandé syypy,
  onhemomotareté
  ybaporanga resé,
  mboîa nhe'enga rupi,
  iî ykyébo, i gûabo nhẽ.
  Eva, our first mother, was much attracted by the beautiful fruit, after the snake’s words, and indeed picking it, and eating it.

Derived terms

araryboîa
kakaboîa
mboiesapykûara
Mboî'i
mboîasyposanga
mboîeté
mboîgûasu
mboîkupekanga
mboîkyba
mboîkûatiara
mboîmaraká
mboîmaraká
mboîoby
mboîpeba
mboîro'ysanga
mboîsinimbeba
mboîsininga
mboîtinga
mboîtininga
mboîtĩapûá
mboîubu
mboîuna
mboîusu
taragûyboîa
tare'imboîa
îyboîa

Descendants

Nheengatu: buya

References

Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mboîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 271, column 1

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