pûãbe'engaba

Old Tupi

Etymology

By surface analysis, pûã (“finger”) +‎ pobe'eng (“to point”) +‎ -ab (instrumentalizer suffix) +‎ -a, literally “pointing finger”.

Noun

pûãbe'engaba (possessable, absolute mûãbe'engaba)

  1. index finger

Coordinate terms

terms for fingers: pûãedit

References

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