ybaté

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβa-te (“high”), from Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷa- (“high”). Doublet of ybaka.

Cognate with Guaraní yvate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ.βaˈtɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: y‧ba‧té

Noun

ybaté (possessable)

ybaté (sense 5)

1. height
2. altitude
3. top (uppermost part)
4. (architecture) upper floor
5. Creole townhouse

   Synonym: ybaka

Descendants

• Nheengatu: iwaté (“height”)

Noun

ybaté (unpossessable)

1. (figurative) sky

Adjective

ybaté (noun form ybaté)

1. high, elevated

   Coordinate term: puku

Descendants

• Nheengatu: iwaté (“high”)

Adverb

ybaté

1. upwards

Further reading

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ybaté”, 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 517, column 1