obá

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *toβa (“face”), from Proto-Tupian *jəba (“face, forehead”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní tova.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔˈβa/
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: o‧bá

Noun

obá (IIa class pluriform, absolute tobá, R1 robá, R2 sobá) (possessable)

face (front part of the head of a human or animal)

Derived terms

oba'ok
obaapyra
obaapûã
obabo
obaky'aky'a
obaposanga
obapy
obapy'aba
obapytym
obapŷaba
obara'akanga
obasab
obasem
obasy
obasypaba
obaî
obaîuba

Descendants

Nheengatu: suá

References

Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “obá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 353, column 2

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