English
jiboya
Jiboya comes from Portuguese jiboia ‘boa constrictor, jiboya’, and goes back to Old Tupi îyboîa.
- Old Tupimodernîyboîa‘boa constrictor, jiboya’
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentjiboia‘boa constrictor, jiboya’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820jiboya
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Tupimodernîyboîa‘boa constrictor, jiboya’
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentjiboia‘boa constrictor, jiboya’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820jiboya
Earliest quotation: 1820, Richard Paul Jodrell: “[…] the largest animal of this kind, which has…”
Every English word from Old Tupi îyboîa
Today it means
noun The boa constrictor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Tupi îyboîa / jiboya