u'uba

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uʔyP, from Proto-Tupian *ə-ꝁɯP.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní hu'y.

Noun

u'uba (IIc class pluriform, absolute u'uba, R1 ru'uba, R2 su'uba) (possessable)

arrow (projectile that is shot from a bow)
(figuratively) penis
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:akûãîa

Related terms

atau'uba
u'ubanhã
u'uberekoara
u'ubora
u'uburu
u'usama
u'utapûaetá

Descendants

Nheengatu: uíwa

References

Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “u'uba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 540, columns 1–2

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.