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'ybá

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa (“fruit”).[1][2] By surface analysis, 'yba (“plant”) +‎ 'a (“fruit”).[3]

    Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani yva.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    'ybá (unpossessable)

    1. fruit
      Synonym: 'a

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Nheengatu: iyá

    References

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    1. ^ Schleicher, Charles Owen (1998), Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 328, line 1
    2. ^ The template Template:R:tup-gua:Mello does not use the parameter(s): 
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      Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.      Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 206, line 714
    3. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “'ybá”, 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 515, column 1
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