peba

English

Etymology

Compare Portuguese peba. Ultimately from Old Tupi peba (“having a flattened shape”).

Noun

peba (plural pebas)

  1. An armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) found from Texas to Paraguay; the tatouhou.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for peba in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Finnish

Noun

peba

  1. (colloquial) bum, ass

Synonyms

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛβ̞a/

Adjective

peba

  1. having a flattened shape.

References

  • Barbosa, A. Lemos; 1956; Curso de Tupi Antigo; Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José.
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