îaboti

Old Tupi

îaboti (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jaβoti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja.β̞ɔˈti]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: îa‧bo‧ti

Noun

îaboti (unpossessable)

1. red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
2. yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)

Derived terms

• îabotimirĩ
• îabotipeba
• îabutikaba

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yautí
• → Brazilian Portuguese: jabuti, jaboti, jabotí (1931-prescribed spelling), jabutí (1931-prescribed spelling), jaboty (obsolete)
  • → English: jabuti

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Cagado da terra”, 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 62: “Jabotî. [Îaboti.]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îaboti”, 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 152, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 269