îyboîa

Old Tupi

Etymology

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨβoj. Navarro derived it from îy'yba (“rainbow”) +‎ mboîa (“snake”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [jɨˈβɔ.ja]
    • Rhymes: -ɔja
    • Hyphenation: îy‧bo‧îa

    Noun

    îyboîa (unpossessable)

    1. boa constrictor, jiboya
      Synonym: îyboîusu
    • îyboîusu

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: jibuya
    • → Portuguese: jiboia

    References

    1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “îyboîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 203, column 2

    Further reading

    • Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271, line 198
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