îub

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjuβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -uβ
  • Hyphenation: îub

Etymology 1

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-uβ / *juβ (to lie), from Proto-Tupian *-up / *wup (to lie).[1]

    Verb

    îub(intransitive)

    1. to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
      Antonym: 'am
    2. to be implicit
    3. to lodge (stay in any place or shelter)

    Etymology 2

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juβ (yellow), from Proto-Tupian *wup (red).[2] Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ju.

    Adjective

    îub (noun form îuba)

    1. yellow
    2. pale
    3. (Late Tupi) blond; fair-haired
    4. (Late Tupi) ginger; ginger-haired
    Declension
    Derived terms
    • tupi'aîuba

    See also

    Colors in Old Tupi (layout · text)
    Nouns      piranga      îuba, tagûá (LGA)              oby      obyeté      obyûasu      *umbyka      morotinga, tinga      una, pyxuna (LGA)              tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga
    Adjectives      pirang      îub, tagûá (LGA)      *umbyk      moroting, ting      un, pyxun (LGA)              tingaíb, pytang / pyxang

    References

    1. ^ Corrêa da Silva, Beatriz Carretta (2010), Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: linguistic relations and historical implications]‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
    2. ^ Nikulin, Andrey (2020), Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo [Proto-Macro-Jê: a reconstructive study]‎[2] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB