inaîagûasu'yba
Old Tupi
Etymology
From inaîagûasu (“coconut”) + 'yba (“tree”).
Noun
inaîagûasu'yba (?)
- (Late Tupi) coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
- Synonym: inaîagûasu
References
- Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648), Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book III, chapter XIV (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 138: “Inaia Gvacviba [Inaîagûasu'yba]”
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “inaîagûasu'yba”, 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 186, column 1