Caobi

See also: càobī

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi ka'a (“forest”) +‎ oby (“green”), literally “green forest”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧o‧bi

Proper noun

Caobi m

  1. a male given name from Old Tupi

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Caubi”, 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 556, column 2
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