Ubatuba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi u'ubatyba (“canebrake”). Doublet of Batuba.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.baˈtu.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.baˈtu.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /u.bɐˈtu.bɐ/ [u.βɐˈtu.βɐ]

  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: U‧ba‧tu‧ba

Proper noun

Ubatuba ?

  1. a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Ubatuba”, 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, pages 606–605
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