îyboîa
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Old Tupi
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨβoj.[1] By surface analysis, îy'yba (“rainbow”) + mboîa (“snake”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]îyboîa (unpossessable)
- boa constrictor, jiboya
- Synonym: îyboîusu
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: jibuya
- → Portuguese: jiboia, jibóia (pre-1990 spelling)
- → English: jiboya
References
[edit]- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
- ^ 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