mboîa
Old Tupi
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editmboîa (unpossessable)
- snake
- 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Da conceição de Nossa Senhora”, in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Helder Perri Ferreira, compilers, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 178, lines 1–5:
- Eva, îandé syypy,
onhemomotareté
ybaporanga resé,
mboîa nhe'enga rupi,
iî ykyébo, i gûabo nhẽ.- Eva, our first mother, was much attracted by the beautiful fruit, after the snake’s words, and indeed picking it, and eating it.
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edit- Nheengatu: buya
References
edit- Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mboîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 271, column 1