aíba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From aíb + -a.

Noun

aíba (possessable)

1. wickedness (state of being wicked; evil disposition)
2. ugliness

   Synonym: poxy

3. rudeness; impoliteness
4. roughness (property of being rough; not smooth)
5. scrub (vegetation of inferior quality)

Related terms

• angaîpaba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: aíwa
• → Brazilian Portuguese: aíva

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aíba”, 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 16, columns 1–2