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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From oby (blue, green, purple) +‎ eté (true), as to differentiate it from the other colors.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɔˌβ̞ɨ.ɛˈtɛ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: o‧by‧e‧té

Noun

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obyeté (IIa class pluriform, absolute tobyeté, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté) (possessable)

  1. (Late Tupi) blue
    Synonym: oby

Adjective

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obyeté (IIa class pluriform, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté)

  1. (Late Tupi) blue
    Synonym: oby

See also

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Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns      piranga      îuba              oby
     obyeté
     morotinga, tinga      una              tingaíba, pytangapyxanga
Adjectives      pirang      îub      moroting, ting      un              tingaíb, pytangpyxang

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “obyeté”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 355, column 2