îabutikaba

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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    From îaboti (“tortoise”) +‎ kaba (“fat”).[1]

    Noun

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    îabutikaba (unpossessable)

    1. (hapax) jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora)
    2. (hapax) jaboticaba fruit
      • Fernão Cardim (p. 1583) “A Treatiſe of Braſil, written by a Portugall which had long lived there”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Francis Cooke, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VII, chapter I § 5 (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1307: “Iabaticaba”

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îabutikaba”, 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, pages 152–153
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