'aba
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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔaβ.[1] By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) + aba (“hair”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
'aba (possessable)
- head of hair
- (of animals) fur; contour feather; plumage, when it grows on the head
Descendants
- Nheengatu: awa
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 402
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'aba”, 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 5, column 2