Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈka.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -aβa
- Hyphenation: ka‧ba
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaβ, from Proto-Tupian *kʲap.[1]
Noun
kaba (possessable)
- fat (specialized animal tissue with high lipid content)
- Synonym: kyrá
1613, Pero de Castilho, “Câba. Gordura”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano pella lingua do Brasil; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 31, line 73:xecâba, decâba, ycâba.- [xe kaba, nde kaba, i kaba.]
- My fat, your fat, their fat.
- cream (oily part of milk)
1622, anonymous author, “Nata do leit”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 48; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Ycaba […]- [I kaba […] ]
- Their cream.
Derived terms
- kab
- kagûera
- mba'ekagûera
- tapi'ikaba
- îabutikaba
References
Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB anonymous author (1622) “Bespas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 55: “Caba. [Kaba.]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaba”, 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 210, column 2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 296