îyboîa

Old Tupi

îyboîa

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨβoj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɨˈβɔ.ja]
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: îy‧bo‧îa

Noun

îyboîa (unpossessable)

1. boa constrictor, jiboya

   Synonym: îyboîusu

Related terms

• îyboîusu

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: jibuya
• → Portuguese: jiboia
  • → English: jiboya

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îyboîa”, 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 203, column 2