ebira

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈβi.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: e‧bi‧ra

Noun

ebira (IIa class pluriform, absolute tebira, R1 rebira, R2 sebira) (possessable)

1. buttocks

   Synonym: eîkûara

2. vagina, vulva

   Synonyms: akaîá, apupira, kûara, membynhemonhangaba

3. bottom (lowest part of an object)
4. stern (rear part of a ship)

   Synonym: opytá

5. sodomy; anal sex
6. bottom; catcher (man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex); (broadly) homossexual man

   Synonym: tebiró

Usage notes

• When referring to objects, ebira was used to point the lowest part on the outside; when talking about the inside of said object, gûyra was used instead.

Derived terms

• ebikok
• ebitapyîa
• ebixama
• maranebira
• motebir
• tabebira
• Tapi'irebira
• Tebiresá
• tebiró

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: tibira, tubi, tuvira

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ebira”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 88, column 2