Where does “îandûaba” come from?

îandûaba (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi abá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa — man.

îandûaba (Old Tupi): headdress used by the Tupi Indians on their buttocks, which was hung from the waist

Definitions

  1. headdress used by the Tupi Indians on their buttocks, which was hung from the waist

Ancestry of “îandûaba”, step by step

îandûaba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi abá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiabáman, especially a Brazilian male Indian; person;...
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*aβaman

via Old Tupi îandu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiîandu
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa