upaba

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uˈpa.β̞a/
Rhymes: -aβa
Hyphenation: u‧pa‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-upaβ, from Proto-Tupian *-upap.^[1] By surface analysis, ub (“to lie”) +‎ -ab (instrumentalizer suffix) +‎ -a, literally “lying place”.^[2]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní upa.

Noun

upaba (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tupaba, R1 rupaba, R2 tupaba)

hammock
Synonyms: inĩ, kesaba
bed (prepared spot in which to spend the night)
- 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter L, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 97, column 1, lines 10–13; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 184:
  Ejori teremondo / Xeçuj teco angaipaba / co xeanga deruçaba / derupabamo toico.
  [Eîori t'eremondó / Xe suí tekoangaîpaba / kó xe 'anga nde rusaba / nde rupabamo t'oîkó.]
  Come to make sin go away from my body. Here's my soul, place of your arrival; it shall be your bed.
field (wide, open space that is used to grow crops)
lodging (place to live or lodge; sleeping accommodation)
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “25. Natiuitas Dòmini. G. I.”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 9v:
  […] çoô mimbâba rôca ogoar gupabamo […]
  [ […] so'o mimbaba roka ogûar og upabamo […] ]
  He took the livestock animal's house as his lodging.
(Late Tupi) barbette

Derived terms

akangupaba
amanatupaba
atuaupaba
kerupaba
mba'easyborupaba
mba'erupaba
nha'erupaba
tataupaba
te'yîupaba
upagûera
ybyupaba
ygarupaba
îepabok

Descendants

Nheengatu: tupa, tupé

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨupaβ, from Proto-Tupian *-upap.^[1] By surface analysis, y (“water”) +‎ ub (“to lie”) +‎ -ab (instrumentalizer suffix) +‎ -a, literally “water's lying place”.^[2]

Cognate with Guaraní ypa.

Noun

upaba (unpossessable)

lake; lagoon^[3]
Synonym: 'yno'onga

Derived terms

uparana

Descendants

Nheengatu: ipawa

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, pages 406–407, line 119
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “upaba”, 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 499, columns 1–2
^ anonymous author (1622) “Charco, ou lagoa”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 72: “Upaba. Jgnoonga. [Upaba. 'Yno'onga.]”

Spanish

Verb

upaba

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of upar

[correa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, pages 406–407, line 119

[navarro-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “upaba”, 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 499, columns 1–2

[3] ymous author (1622) “Charco, ou lagoa”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 72: “Upaba. Jgnoonga. [Upaba. 'Yno'onga.]”

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