ikombó

Old Tupi

Old Tupi numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c], [d] ←  4 5 8  → 
    Cardinal: ambó, amombokoty, ikombó

Etymology

From ikó (“this”) +‎ mbó (“hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [i.kɔˈmbɔ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: i‧ko‧mbó

Numeral

ikombó

  1. (hapax legomenon) five[1]

References

  1. ^ Jean de Léry (1578) chapter 20, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 342: “ecoinbo [ikombó]”
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