kesapeba
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
| Historical spellings | |
|---|---|
| VLB (1622) | queçapeba |
Etymology
From kesaba (“hammock”, literally “sleeping place”) + peb (“flat”) + -a.
Noun
kesapeba (possessable) (Late Tupi)
- (hapax legomenon) bed (piece of furniture)
- Synonym: inimbeba
References
- anonymous author (1622), “Cama de dormir”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 64: “Queçapeba”
Further reading
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “kesapeba”, 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 227, column 1