sybá

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní syva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨˈβa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: sy‧bá

Noun

sybá (possessable)

1. forehead (part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: siwá

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sybá”, 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 450, column 1