kabobaîuba
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editFrom kaba (“wasp”) + obá (“face”) + îub (“yellow”) + -a.[1]
Noun
editkabobaîuba (unpossessable)
- bee of the species Melipona (Michmelia) rufiventris
References
edit- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kabobaîuba”, 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 210, column 2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 295