endybá

Old Tupi

Noun

endybá (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tendybá, R1 rendybá, R2 sendybá)

  1. chin (bottom of the face)
    Synonym: aîyba
  • endybaaba
  • endybagûyaîa
  • endybagûyra

References

  • Pero de Castilho (1613) “barba, a qta parte per onde soe nacer”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano, pella lingua do Braſil [Names of the human body parts by the language of Brazil] (in Old Tupi), volume 1; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 39, line 219:Tendịbâ [Tendybá]
  • Yves d’Évreux (1613–1614) chapter XXIX, in Suite de l'Histoire des Choses plus mémorables, advenuës en Maragnan és années 1613 et 1614, volume 1, part 1 (overall work in French), Paris: François Huby, published 1615, page 202:Tendeuua [Tendybá]

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