mboîpeba
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Old Tupi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mboîa (“snake”) + peb (“flat”) + -a.[1] The snake flattens its body when threatened.
Noun[edit]
mboîpeba (unpossessable)
- Wagler's snake (Xenodon merremii)
- Synonym: îararakapeba
Descendants[edit]
- Nheengatu: buya-pewa
- Portuguese: → boipeva, boipeba, goipeba, pepeua, pepeva, → cobra-chata (calque)
References[edit]
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mboîpeba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 271–272