sebo'i

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡seβoʔi (“worm”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní evo'i and Paraguayan Guaraní sevo’i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛ.β̞ɔˈʔi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: se‧bo‧'i

Noun

sebo'i (unpossessable)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 44; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

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     [Eîori, mba'enem, mba'epoxy, mborá, miaratakaka, sebo'i, tamarutaka!]

     Come, you stinky, nasty thing, stingless bee, skunk, leech/worm, mantis shrimp!

   1. leech

      Synonyms: terepomonga, tugûypabe'yma

   2. worm

Related terms

• pysebo'i
• sebo'inhanga
• sebo'ipeba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: xibuí

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sebo'i”, 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 440, column 1
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 298–299