pinda'yba

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pĩ.ⁿdaˈʔɨ.βa/, [pĩ.ⁿdaˈʔɨ.β̞a]
Rhymes: -ɨβa
Hyphenation: pi‧ndá‧'y‧ba

Etymology 1

From pindá (“fishhook”) +‎ 'yba (“tree, shaft”)

Alternative forms

pena'yba

Noun

pinda'yba (unpossessable)

tree of the species Duguetia lanceolata

Noun

pinda'yba (possessable)

fishing rod

Descendants

→ Portuguese: pindaíba, pindaíva, pindaúva

Noun

pinda'yba (unpossessable)

(South Tupi) sea urchin
Synonym: pindá

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pinda'yba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 383, columns 1–2

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