bebuî

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *βeβuj (“light”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní vevúi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [β̞ɛˈβ̞uj]
• Rhymes: -uj
• Hyphenation: be‧buî

Adjective

bebuî (noun form +)

1. light (of low weight)
2. floaty (tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or a gas)
3. (figurative) frivolous (of little weight or importance)

Derived terms

• bebuîa
• bebuîkatu
• bebuînhẽ
• bebuîtaba
• nhy'ãbebuîa
• pobebuîa
• ypebebuîa

 

Adverb

bebuî

1. slightly (to a small extent or degree)
2. weakly (with little strength or force)

Verb

bebuî (first-person singular active indicative abebuî, first-person singular negative active indicative n'abebuî, noun bebuîa) (intransitive)

1. to float (to be supported by a fluid of greater density)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: wiwí
• →⇒ Brazilian Portuguese: bubuiar

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “bebuî”, 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 80, column 2