Where does “jiboya” come from?

jiboya (English) comes from Portuguese jiboia, from Old Tupi îyboîa, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

jiboya (English): The boa constrictor

Definitions

  1. The boa constrictor

Ancestry of “jiboya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesejiboiaboa constrictor, jiboya large tropical American snake
2Old Tupiîyboîaboa constrictor, jiboya
3Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi îyboîa →
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