obyeté

Old Tupi

Etymology

From oby (“blue, green, purple”) +‎ eté (“true”), as to differentiate it from the other colors.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɔˌβ̞ɨ.ɛˈtɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: o‧by‧e‧té

Noun

obyeté (IIa class pluriform, absolute tobyeté, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté) (possessable)

  1. (Late Tupi) blue
    Synonym: oby

Adjective

obyeté (IIa class pluriform, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté)

  1. (Late Tupi) blue
    Synonym: oby

See also
Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns      piranga／pyranga      îuba              oby
     obyeté		      tinga      una              tingaíba, pytanga
Adjectives      pirang／pyrang      îub      ting      un              tingaíb, pytang

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “obyeté”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 355, column 2
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