îanypaba

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• îenypaba, îunypaba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *janɨpaβ.

Cognate with Guaraní ñandypa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja.nɨˈpa.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: îa‧ny‧pa‧ba

Noun

îanypaba (?)

1. genipap (Genipa americana)

   Synonym: îanypaba'yba

2. genipap (fruit of the genipap tree)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Tingir com janipapo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 128; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Aimonguigjanigpaba rece.

     [Aîmongy îanypaba resé.]

     I paint it with genipap.

Related terms

• moîanypagûer
• Îanypa'yba
• îanypagûera
• îanypapyxuna
• îunypaba'yba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yenipawa
• → Portuguese: jenipapo
  • → English: genipap

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îanypaba”, 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 159, columns 1–2