îuba
Old Tupi
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈju.βa]
- Rhymes: -uβa
- Hyphenation: îu‧ba
Noun
îuba (possessable)
- yellow; yellowness
- 1622, anonymous author, “Gema de ouo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 147; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
- Yapigtejuba.
- [I apyteîuba.]
- Its egg yolk.
- (literally, “Its middle yellowness.”)
See also
| Colors in Old Tupi (layout · text) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouns | piranga | îuba, tagûá (LGA) | oby | obyeté | *umbyka | morotinga, tinga | una, pyxuna (LGA) | tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga |
| Adjectives | pirang | îub, tagûá (LGA) | *umbyk | moroting, ting | un, pyxun (LGA) | tingaíb, pytang / pyxang | ||
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îuba”, 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 196, columns 1–2