sybá

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní syva.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɨˈβa/
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: sy‧bá

Noun

sybá (possessable)

forehead (part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline)

Descendants

Nheengatu: siwá

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sybá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 450, column 1

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