u'uba
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uʔyP, from Proto-Tupian *ə-ꝁɯP.[1]
Cognate with Guaraní hu'y.
Noun
u'uba (possessable, IIc class pluriform, absolute u'uba, R1 ru'uba, R2 su'uba)
- arrow (projectile that is shot from a bow)
- (figuratively) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:akûãîa
Related terms
- atau'uba
- u'ubanhã
- u'uberekoara
- u'ubora
- u'uburu
- u'usama
- u'utapûaetá
Descendants
- Nheengatu: uíwa
References
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “u'uba”, 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, page 540, columns 1–2