eîmbaba
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Old Tupi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eîmbaba (IIa class pluriform, absolute teîmbaba, R1 reîmbaba, R2 seîmbaba) (possessable)
- Alternative form of eŷmbaba
- 1595 [1555], Joseph of Anchieta, chapter V, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, page 14v:
- […] xéreimbâba tapiîra
- [ […] xe reîmbaba tapi'ira.]
- My cow.
- (literally, “My livestock tapir.”)