u'uba
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uʔyP, from Proto-Tupian *ə-ꝁɯP.
Cognate with Guaraní hu'y.
Noun
u'uba (possessable, IIc class pluriform, absolute u'uba, R1 ru'uba, R2 su'uba)
- arrow (projectile that is shot from a bow)[1]
- (figuratively) penis[2]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:akûãîa
Related terms
- atau'uba
- u'ubanhã
- u'uberekoara
- u'ubora
- u'uburu
- u'usama
- u'utapûaetá
Descendants
- Nheengatu: uíwa
See also
- ybõ (“to hit with an arrow”)
References
- ^ anonymous author (1622), “Frecha”, 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 143: “Üuba”
- ^ Pero de Castilho (1613), “Genitale viri”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano, pella lingua do Braſil [Names of the human body parts by the language of Brazil] (in Old Tupi), volume 1; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 41, line 257: “Uûba”
Further reading
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “u'uba”, 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 540, columns 1–2