abá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba"

Old Tupi

abá (sense 1)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈβ̞a/

Noun

abá

man, especially a Brazilian male Indian.
Abá peró supé onhe'eng.
The Indians talked to the Portuguese.
person; human being.

Derived terms

aba'yba
ababykagûere'yma
abaekoete'yma
abaeté
abagûasu
abangatu
abangaíba
abanhẽ
Abayky'îa

Pronoun

abá

(interrogative) what; which
someone, anyone
Ké abá rekóû anhẽ.
Someone is certainly here.
nobody, no one
N'opytáî amõ abá maranápe.
There was no one left at the battlefield.

Synonyms

abá amõ

Pronoun

abá (plural abá-abá)

(interrogative) who
Abápe nde?
Who are you?

References

Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

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