ubixaba

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani [Term?].

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní uvixa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u.β̞iˈʃa.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: u‧bi‧xa‧ba

Noun

ubixaba (IIa class pluriform, absolute tubixaba, R1 rubixaba, R2 subixaba)

ubixaba (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tubixaba, R1 rubixaba, R2 tubixaba)

1. chief; leader (head of a group of people, organisation, etc.)

   Synonym: ubixakatu'ĩ

2. (Late Tupi) monarch (ruler of an absolute monarchy)

   Synonyms: ubixakatu'ĩ, reîa, morubixaba

Related terms

• morubixaba
• ubixakatu

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: uixawa
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: tuxaua

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ubixaba”, 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 494, column 2