pinda'yba

Old Tupi

FWOTD – 18 August 2016

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pĩ.ⁿdaˈʔɨ.βa/, [pĩ.ⁿdaˈʔɨ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -ɨβa
• Hyphenation: pi‧ndá‧'y‧ba

Etymology 1

From pindá (“fishhook”) +‎ 'yba (“tree, shaft”)

Alternative forms

• pena'yba

Noun

pinda'yba (unpossessable)

1. tree of the species Duguetia lanceolata

Noun

pinda'yba (possessable)

1. fishing rod

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pindaíba, pindaíva, pindaúva

Etymology 2

Noun

pinda'yba (unpossessable)

1. (South Tupi) sea urchin

   Synonym: pindá

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pinda'yba”, 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 383, columns 1–2