'ybakamusi

Old Tupi
'ybakamusi

Etymology

From 'ybá (“fruit”) +‎ kamusi (“pot”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɨˌβa.kã.muˈsi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: 'y‧bá‧ka‧mu‧si

Noun

'ybakamusi (unpossessable)

  1. A tropical fruit tree native to South America (Campomanesia phaea).
  2. The fruit of this tree.

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: Cambuci, cambuci

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ybakamusi”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 516, column 1
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