sebo'i

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡seβoʔi (“worm”).[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní evo'i and Paraguayan Guaraní sevo’i.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛ.βɔˈʔi/, [sɛ.β̞ɔˈʔi]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: se‧bo‧'i

Noun

sebo'i (unpossessable)

leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea)
Synonyms: terepomonga, tugûypabe'yma

Related terms

sebo'inhanga
sebo'ipeba

Descendants

Nheengatu: xibuí

References

Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 199, line 627

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sebo'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 440, column 1

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