uba

head

uba (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tuba, R1 ruba, R2 tuba)

Nheengatu: uba

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tup (“father”), from Proto-Tupian *t͡sup (“father”).
Cognate with Guaraní túva.

inh+

first cousin once removed
first cousin once removed

first cousin once removed (cousin of one's father)


'a

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa (“fruit, head”), from Proto-Tupian *ʔa (“fruit, head”).
Cognate wirh Sateré-Mawé 'a and Guaraní 'a.

(vocative, in reverence) dude; bro term of address for a man

(vocative, in reverence) companion; comrade; term of address for a friend

(vocative, in reverence) sir; term of address for an old man


abati

Nheengatu: awatí

desc

→ Brazilian Portuguese: abati, avati, auati

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβati.
Cognate with Guaraní avati.


naná

Nheengatu: naná

desctree

→ Portuguese: ananás, ananá, anana, naná, nanás
→ Bengali: আনারস (anaroś)
→ Catalan: ananàs
→ German: Ananas
→ Greek: ανανάς (ananás)
→ Gujarati: અનનાસ (ananās)
→ Hindi: अनन्नास (anannās)
→ Marathi: अननस (annas)
→ Spanish: ananás (see there for further descendants)
→ Swahili: nanasi
→ Tamil: அன்னாசி (aṉṉāci)
→ Tetum: ananás

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã.
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní anana.

Ananas comosus
Ananas comosus#Translingual

Les singularitez de la France Antarctique


ka'a

Nheengatu: kaá

→ Brazilian Portuguese: caá

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔa (“forest, leaf”).
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ka'a and Guaraní ka'a.

inh+

leaf (green, flat organ of most vegetative plants)


akaîu

Nheengatu: akayú

desctree

→ French: acajou
→ English: cashew, acajou

→ Portuguese: caju, acaju
→ Gujarati: કાજુ (kāju)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: काजू (kājū)
Urdu: کاجُو (kājū)
→ Konkani: काजू (kājū)
→ Marathi: काजू (kājū)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਜੂ (kājū)
Shahmukhi script: کاجُو (kājū)
→ Spanish: cajú
→ Hunsrik: akaschu

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju.

etymon

29.p. Nde agoâçape coîr?
30.p. Mbobîpe Iaci canhémi, coipô acajú ajubamo cecè nderecoreme meme?

(Can we date this quote?), Antônio de Araújo, chapter VII, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon, page 104v:

29th question: Where you adulterous today?
30th question: How many times did the moon go down and the cashews ripe with this same condition?

Acajuig[…]

1622, anonymous author, “Uinho de uuas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 146; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

Anacardium occidentale
Anacardium occidentale#Translingual

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Historia Naturalis Brasiliae
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cashew apple (accessory fruit of Anacardium occidentale)


pytanga

desctree

→ Brazilian Portuguese: pitanga
→ English: pitanga
→ Hunsrik: Pitange, Pitangebaam


gûabiraba

Nheengatu: wawirawa

→ Portuguese: gabiroba, guabiroba, gabirova, gavirova, guabirova
→ Hunsrik: Gabirob

(loosely) any tree in the genus Campomanesia


mandubi

Nheengatu: mandubí

desc

→ Portuguese: mandubi, mendubi, mendubim, amendoim

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *manuβi.
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní manduvi.

cog

Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea#Translingual


komixã

→ Portuguese: grumixama


arasá

Nheengatu: arasá

→ Portuguese: araçá


peke'i

→ Brazilian Portuguese: pequi

Caryocar brasiliense, a tree native to the Brazilian cerrado


aratiku

Nheengatu: aratikú

→ Portuguese: araticum, araticu (dated)

A tropical fruit tree native to South America (Annona crassiflora)

(loosely) custard apple (any tree in the genus Annona)


'ybapytanga

/ʔɨˌβa.pɨˈtã.ŋa/

From 'ybá (“fruit”) + pytang (“reddish”) + -a.


kupu'yûasu

desctree

Nheengatu: kupuasú
→ Brazilian Portuguese: cupuaçu
→ English: cupuassu
→ Spanish: cupuazú
→ Curripaco: kopowaso
→ Tariana: kupuasú
→ Yuhup: kupuwasú

From *kupu'y (“cupuí”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix).

af

(North Tupi) cupuassu (Theobroma grandiflorum)


o'o

head

o'o (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute to'o, R1 ro'o, R2 so'o)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oʔo (“meat”), from Proto-Tupian.
Cognate with Guaraní so'o.

inh+

meat; flesh (muscle tissue of an animal)


kuîa

head

kuîa (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute kuîa, R1 rekuîa, R2 sekuîa, R3 o ekuîa)

Nheengatu: kuya

desctree

→ Portuguese: cuia, cuya (obsolete)
→ Hunsrik: Kui

Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuj.
Cognate with Tocantins Asurini kosa, Cocama kuja, Aurá kwi and Tembé kuj.


'ybaremusu

From 'ybarema (“garlic”) + -usu (“big”).


akaîueté

a‧ka‧îu‧e‧té

From akaîu (“cashew”) + eté (“true”), as to differentiate it from other Anacardium species.


moretĩ

Nheengatu: mirití

desc

→ Portuguese: buriti, muruti, muriti, buruti, miriti, murutim (obsolete)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *muriti.
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní mburiti.


'ybarema

From 'ybá (“fruit”) + rem (“stinky”) + -a.


kupu'y

desctree

Nheengatu: kupuí, kupuaí (obsolete)
→ Brazilian Portuguese: cupuí

(North Tupi) plant of the species Theobroma subincanum


'ybagûasu

Nheengatu: babasú, iwawasá, wawasú (obsolete)
→ Brazilian Portuguese: babaçu
→ English: babassu
→ French: babaçu, babassu
→ Italian: babaco

[ɨˌβ̞a.ɡʷaˈsu]

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβ
Proto-Tupian *ʔa
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa
Old Tupi 'ybá
Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu
Old Tupi -gûasu
Old Tupi 'ybagûasu
From 'ybá (“fruit”) + -gûasu (augmentative suffix).

af

Vua ouaſſouran[…]

1614, Claude d'Abbeville, “tpw”, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 222v:

Citrus medica
Citrus medica#Translingual

(Late Tupi) citron fruit (Citrus medica)


îanypaba

Nheengatu: yenipawa

desctree

→ Portuguese: jenipapo
→ English: genipap

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *janɨpaβ.
Cognate with Guaraní ñandypa.


inaîagûasu

From inaîá (“inajá”) + -gûasu (augmentative suffix).

af

Cocos nucifera
Cocos nucifera#Translingual


murukuîá

Nheengatu: murukuyá

→ Portuguese: maracujá (see there for further descendants)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *murukuja.
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní mburukuja.

etymon

passionflower (any plant in the genus Passiflora)


îabutikaba

desctree

→ Portuguese: jabuticaba, jaboticaba
→ English: jaboticaba
→ Hunsrik: Schabutikaab
→ Spanish: jabuticaba

Navarro derives it from îaboti (“tortoise”) + kaba (“fat”), although the /o/ > /u/ change and the relation to the animal aren't very clear.

(hapax) jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora)