aîyba

Old Tupi

Noun

aîyba (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute taîyba, R1 raîyba, R2 saîyba)

  1. chin (bottom of the face)
    Synonym: endybá

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: aíwa

References

  • anonymous author (1622) “Queixo ainda no corpo ou cara”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 93: “Tagigba. Cagigba [Taîyba. Saîyba]”

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