u'uba
Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uʔyP, from Proto-Tupian *ə-ꝁɯP.[1]
Noun
[edit]u'uba (possessable, IIc class pluriform, absolute u'uba, R1 ru'uba, R2 su'uba)
- arrow (projectile that is shot from a bow)
- (figuratively) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:akûãîa
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: uíwa
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “u'uba”, 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 540, columns 1–2
Categories:
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi nouns
- Old Tupi IIc class nouns
- Old Tupi possessable nouns
- Old Tupi pluriform nouns
- tpw:Archery
- tpw:Genitalia