ybaka

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβa-k (“sky”), from Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷa- (“high”).[1] Doublet of ybaté. The sense of heaven is a semantic loan from Portuguese céu.

Cognate with Guaraní yvága.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɨˈβ̞a.ka]
Rhymes: -aka
Hyphenation: y‧ba‧ka

Noun

ybaka (unpossessable)

sky
(Christianity, Late Tupi) heaven
Synonym: orypaba

Derived terms

ybakuna
ybakygûar
ybakygûara
ybatinga

Descendants

Nheengatu: iwaka

References

Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 410

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) “ybaka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 515, column 2

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