aoba

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *moneß (“to dress up”), from Proto-Tupian. Doublet of moaob and mondeb.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní ao.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈɔ.β̞a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔβa
  • Hyphenation: a‧o‧ba

Noun[edit]

aoba (possessable)

  1. clothes; clothing
  2. dress
  3. cloth (a piece of fabric)
  4. sail (piece of fabric attached to a sailboat)

Derived terms[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 181

Further reading[edit]

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