îyboîa

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Old Tupi

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îyboîa

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨβoj.[1] By surface analysis, îy'yba (“rainbow”) +‎ mboîa (“snake”).[2]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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îyboîa (unpossessable)

  1. boa constrictor, jiboya
    Synonym: îyboîusu
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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: jibuya
  • → Portuguese: jiboia, jibóia

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îyboîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 203, column 2
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