Where does “sabiapoca” come from?

sabiapoca (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi sabîapoka, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

sabiapoca (Portuguese): creamy-bellied thrush

Definitions

  1. creamy-bellied thrush

Ancestry of “sabiapoca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupisabîapokaa tawny true thrush
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi sabîapoka →