mboîa

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• moîa

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *moj, from Proto-Tupian *moj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈᵐbɔ.ja]
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: mbo‧îa

Noun

mboîa (unpossessable)

1. snake
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter LXIII, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ], page 147v, lines 1–5; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 279:

     Eua yandeci ipi / onhemomotarete / ibaporanga rece / boya nhe enga rupi / y ijquiebo, ygoabonhe

     [Eva, îandé sy ypy, onhemomotareté ybaporanga resé, mboîa nhe'enga rupi, iî ykyébo, i gûabo nhẽ.]

     Eve, our first mother, was much attracted by the beautiful fruit, after the snake’s words, and indeed picking it, and eating it.

Derived terms

• araryboîa
• kakaboîa
• mboiesapykûara
• Mboî'i
• mboîasyposanga
• mboîeté
• mboîgûasu
• mboîkupekanga
• mboîkyba
• mboîkûatiara
• mboîmaraká
• mboîoby
• mboîpeba
• mboîro'ysanga
• mboîsinimbeba
• mboîsininga
• mboîtinga
• mboîtininga
• mboîtĩapûá
• mboîubu
• mboîuna
• mboîusu
• taragûyboîa
• tare'imboîa
• îyboîa

Descendants

• Nheengatu: buya

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mboîa”, 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 271, column 1