tipoîa

Old Tupi

tipoîa (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• typoîa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tiˈpɔ.ja]
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: ti‧po‧îa

Noun

tipoîa (possessable)

2. (hapax) sling; baby sling (loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby)
   • Fernão Cardim (p. 1583) “A Treatiſe of Braſil, written by a Portugall which had long lived there”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Francis Cooke, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VII, chapter I § I (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1291: “Tupiya [Typ[o]îa]”
3. (hapax) a kind of cotton camisole worn by women
   • Hans Staden (1557) chapter II, in Warhaftige [Hiſtoria und] beſchꝛeibung eyner Landtſchafft der wilden nacketen/grimmigen menſchfreſſer leuthen/in der newenwelt America gelegen [True history and description of a land of wild, naked, fierce man-eating people located in the New World of America], volume 2 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Typpoy [Tipoî[a]]”

Related terms

• tipoîrana
• Tipoîusu
• îurubytypoîa
• îutypoîa
• îybatupoîa

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tipuya
• → Portuguese: tipoia, tipói

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tipoîa”, 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, pages 479–480