ixébo

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• ixébe

Etymology

From ixé (“I”, first-person singular pronoun) +‎ -bo (“to”, dative with personal pronouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈʃɛ.βɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɛβɔ
• Hyphenation: i‧xé‧bo

Pronoun

ixébo

1. dative of ixé (“to me”)

See also

Person	Number	Nominative／Accusative			Possessive		Dative		Objective
		Subject	1st class	2nd class	Nonreflexive	Reflexive	1st class	2nd class
Singular	1st		ixé	xe			ixébe／ixébo	xebe／xebo
	2nd	îepé	endé	nde			endébe／endébo	ndebe／ndebo	oro-
Singular and Plural	3rd		a'e	i		o	i xupé
Plural	1st exc		oré				orébe／orébo
	1st inc		îandé				îandébe／îandébo
	2nd	peîepé	peẽ	pe			peẽme／peẽmo		opo-
	Indefinite		asé				asébe／asébo

    Old Tupi personal pronouns

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ixébo”, 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 203, column 1