îuba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From îub +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈju.ba]
• Rhymes: -ãŋa
• Hyphenation: îu‧ba

Noun

îuba (possessable)

1. yellow; yellowness
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Gema de ouo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 147; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Yapigtejuba.

     [I apyteîuba.]

     Its egg yolk.

     (literally, “Its middle yellowness.”)

See also

Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns	piranga	îuba	oby	obyeté	*umbyka	morotinga, tinga	una	tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga
Adjectives	pirang	îub			*umbyk	moroting, ting	un	tingaíb, pytang / pyxang

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îuba”, 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 196, columns 1–2