ybytinga

Old Tupi

Etymology

From yby (“earth”) +‎ tinga (“whiteness”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨ.βɨˈtĩ.ŋa/
  • Rhymes: -ĩŋa
  • Hyphenation: y‧by‧ti‧nga
  • Homophone: Ybytinga

Noun

ybytinga (unpossessable)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: ybatinga
  2. fog
  3. snow
    Synonyms: amanarypy'oka, ro'yîukyra, ro'ynhemoapysanga, ro'yrypy'oka

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: Ibitinga

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ybytinga”, 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 524, column 1
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