mboîpeba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From mboîa (“snake”) +‎ peb (“flat”) +‎ -a.[1] The snake flattens its body when threatened.

Noun

mboîpeba (unpossessable)

  1. Wagler's snake (Xenodon merremii)
    Synonym: îararakapeba

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: buya-pewa
  • Portuguese: → boipeva, boipeba, goipeba, pepeua, pepeva, → cobra-chata (calque)

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mboîpeba”, 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 271–272
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