Tupi

→ Portuguese: Tupi

a mythological figure said to be the ancestor of all Tupian peoples


T.

MOcôy oyò irundìc oito àra cìc-eme, T. taira oci, çuî y àrirê, iudeos ecômonhangàbo yapîra mondòc-i[…]

1618, Antônio de Araújo, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 3:

When eight days were completed, after God the Son was born of his mother, according to the Jewish rite they circumcised his foreskin.


Tupã

Nheengatu: Tupana, Tupã, Tupá

→ Kariri: tupan

→ Portuguese: Tupã

Tupã (a Tupian deity, the personification of thunder)

Ne mungitta dee Tuppan do Quabe anamaſu y an dee Imme Ranni me ſiſe[…]

1557, Hans Staden, chapter 20, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page:

Ask your God to truly make the storm pass so that it does not harm us.

[…]peẽ Christam ramo pereco roije / Coy peẽ pecanhema rece natecatupe Erimae Chris/tam recou Paitupa raucuba peabo rau

1645 October 21, Diogo Pinheiro Camarão, Letter to Baltazar Araberana, Gaspar Cararu, Jandaia and Pedro Valadin (Camarão Indians' letters; 6), page 2:

You, as Christians, are sick. Now you, for your doom, are the most vunerable. In the past you were Christians, but you sadly left Lord God's love.


Mairi

Nheengatu: Mairí

Uncertain. If the same origin of Portuguese Mairi, from maíra (“white man”) + 'y (“river”).

Belém (a municipality, the state capital of Pará, Brazil)


Peró

Aço Pero rupigtigca igpe.

1622, anonymous author, “Alcançar ia a alguẽ q. uay caminhando”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 30; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

I went to the river to catch up with Peter.

a male given name from Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter


Kurupira

Nheengatu: Kurupira

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Curupira

E' cousa sabida e pela bôca de todos corre que ha certos demonios, a que os Brasis chamam corupira, que acometem aos Indios muitas vezes no mato, dão-lhes de açoites, machucam-os e matam-os.[…]Por isso, costumam os Indios deixar em certo caminho[…]penas de aves, abanadores, flechas e outras cousas semelhantes, como uma especie de oblação, rogando fervorosamente aos curupiras que não lhes façam mal.

[1560 May 7, Joseph of Anchieta, Ao Padre Geral, de São Vicente (in Portuguese), Captaincy of São Vicente; republished as chapter X, in Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, compiler, Cartas, informações, fragmentos historicos e sermões [Letters, information, historical fragments and sermons] (Cartas jesuiticas; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1933, page 128:

It's a know thing going from mouth to mouth that there are some demons, called “Kurupira” by the Natives, that many times attack the Natives in the forest, hitting, hurting and killing them. Because of that, the Natives are used to leaving behind on certain paths bird feathers, fans, arrows and other similar things, as some kind of oblation, fervently begging the “Kurupira” to not harm them.

28.p.Erecîquîjpe Anhanga, tagoaîba, curupira Iarupari, coipoteõ abáçupe?

1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VI, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], [https://archive.org/details/catecismo-na-lingoa-brasilica-1618/page/n227/mode/1up Livro Sexto do Confessionário […] ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 102v:

Had you summoned Anhanga, Taguaíba, Curupira, Jurupari or the death of someone?

An entity of the Tupian mythology that would kill people wandering in the forests.


Anhanga

→ Portuguese: Anhangá

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ajaŋ.
Cognate with Guaraní Aña.

(folklore) name of a supernatural being of Tupi Mythology.

(Late Tupi, Christianity) Satan; the Devil


Îurupari

Nheengatu: Yuruparí

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Jurupari

a lawgiving god or evil being from Tupian mythology

(Christianity, Late Tupi) the Devil; Satan


Kunhambeba

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Cunhambebe

[kũ.ɲãˈᵐbɛ.β̞a]


Marakaîagûasu

→ Portuguese: Maracajá-Guaçu (learned)


Moroupîarûera

→ Portuguese: Morupiaruera (learned)


Maíra

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Maíra


Ka'ioby

Portuguese: Caiobi, Caiubi


Pindobusu

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Pindobuçu

Captaincy of São Vicente
w:Captaincy of São Vicente

Júlio Afrânio Peixoto
w:Júlio Afrânio Peixoto

(now historical) a former Tupian village in Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy; nowadays Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Sumé

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Sumé

Pay, Sumê pipuera a angâba aé[…]

1663, Simão de Vasconcellos, Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil, Livro primeiro (overall work in Portuguese), Lisboa: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 113, column 1:

name of an entity from Tupi mythology that would have taught humanity about the use of fire, tools and agriculture


Urubu

Co xe moçuranuçu / tau cori ygibapuera. / Jaguaruçu yugoera. / yacãgoera Vrubu, / Cabure çetimãbuera.

c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^(ço) [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 77, lines 750–754; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 145:

Here's my big rope. Today I shall eat your severed arms. Îagûarusu, your severed tights and your severed head. Urubu and Kaburé, your severed legs.


Urubutingygûaba

From urubutinga (“king vulture”) + 'ygûaba (“place where water is drunk”), literally “the place where the king vulture drinks water”.

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(now historical) a former Tupinambá village in Maranhão Captaincy, nowadays in Alcântara, Maranhão, Brazil


Tebiresá

→ Portuguese: Tibiriçá


Îesu

Etymology tree
Hebrew ישועbor.
Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)bor.
Latin Iēsūs
Old Galician-Portuguese Jesu
Portuguese Jesusbor.
Old Tupi Îesu
Borrowed from Portuguese Jesus, from Old Galician-Portuguese Jesu, from Latin Iēsūs, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), borrowed from Hebrew ישוע.
Compare Guaraní Hesu.


'Ybotyra

→ Portuguese: Bartira

/ʔɨ.βɔ.ˈtɨ.ɾa/


'ybotyra

/ʔɨ.βɔ.ˈtɨ.ɾa/

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβotɨr, from Proto-Tupian *kˀɨp potˀɨt. By surface analysis, 'yba (“plant”) + potyra (“flower”).
Cognate with Guaraní yvoty.


Tupã Tuba

(Christianity, Late Tupi) God the Father


Tupã Ta'yra

M. Cetépe Tupã Tûba, Tupã Täŷra, Tupã Espirito Santo? acẽ iabé?
D. Natecëí: Tupã Täŷra äé, iande iabé, apyâbamo onhemonhanghiré é, cetéramo cöyté, acẽ iabẽ.

1687, João Filipe Bettendorff, Compendio da Doutrina Christãa Na lingua Portugueza, e Brasilica [Compendium of the Christian Doctrine in the Portuguese and Brasílica Language] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 43, column 2; republished as José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, editor, Lisbon: Offic. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1800:

Does God the Son, God the Father, God the Holy Ghost have a body like us? / He has no body: God the Son, however, after making Himself man like us, had, in the end, a body like us.


Abaosanga

From abá (“man”) + osang (“patient”) + -a.


Abatiposanga

From abati (“corn”) + posanga (“medicine”).


Aîmbiré

Portuguese: Aimberê, Aimbirê

Oicobe / xepitiboanamete / xe piri mara tecoara / xe irunamo ocaibae / tubixacatu Aimbire / apiaba moangaipapara.

(Can we date this quote?), Joseph of Anchieta, Play of Saint Lawrence:

Exists / what will be my true helper, / what works alongside me, / what burns with me: / the chieftain Aimbirê, / the corrupter of the indigenous people.


Aru'ype

From aru + 'y + -pe, literally “in the Surinam toad river”.

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Le ſeptieſme ſappelle Aroüeupe, c'eſt à dire la place des Crapaux.

[1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter XXXIII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 187:

The seventh is called Aru'ype, which means “the place of toads”.


Ararusuaîa

From arara (“macaw”) + -usu (“big”) + ûaîa (“tail”).


Aparaîtykabusu

From aparaîtyk (“to knock down”) + -ab (circumstantial suffix) + -usu (augmentative suffix).


Ambu'aûasu

From ambu'a (“centipede”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big centipede”.


'Ykatu

From 'y (“water”) + katu (“good”), literally “good water”.

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(now historical) a former Tupinambá village in Maranhão Captaincy, nowadays in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil


Rerityba

→ Portuguese: Reritiba

From reri (“oyster”) + tyba (“gathering”).

Rereritiba^([sic]) xeretãma / taba angaturãgatu / xeanãma xembou / tupã cig repiacarãma.

16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XXXI, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 31, column 1, lines 17–20; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 70:

Rerityba, my land, a very prosperous village. My family made me come and see the mother of God.

(now historical) A former Tupian village in Espírito Santo, Brazil, which originated nowadays Anchieta


Iperu'y

→ Portuguese: Iperoig

(now historical) A former Tupian village in the São Vicente captaincy, Brazil, which originated nowadays Ubatuba


Îagûaruna

Ycaõygoaçu pipo / xeramũya jaguaruna? / eneĩ taçobeipo, / eri, auyete paco / ayeguac uinhemouna

c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^(ço) [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 142, lines 698–702; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 718:

By the way, does my grandpa Jaguaruna have much cauim? Come on! I'm gonna get drunk! Wait! Actually, I must adorn myself with black paint...


Îandé Îara

Nheengatu: Yané Yara

Calque of Portuguese Nosso Senhor.
Compare Guaraní Ñandejára.

Nde reriyarabê eimõgetâ igbac-igoâra catûpabê abè: peimonhirom Tupã yande jara y xêbo, eyâ, taxe reraço corî oangaturama recèm xerecè ogeõ agoêra recêbè, yxe ogoerobiararecê, oyoêcê xeyerobiâara recêbê goripâpe, eyâ.

1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Ordem que ſe guarda no dar da Sancta Vnção” (chapter VII), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], [https://archive.org/details/catecismo-na-lingoa-brasilica-1618/page/n269/mode/1up Livro Setimo da ordem de baptizar, […] ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, pages 141v–142:

The bearer of Thy name also prays, the multitude that inhabits the skies too, saying: “make Our Lord God pardon me” and “may He take me with Him today, because of His goodness, because of His belief on me as well as my belief on Him, to His Heaven.”

Yarîbo omanomo yande jara / Yande repîmeongaggoera recê, / Anhanga rata çui / Yande picîrõ recebè.

1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Do ſinal da Sacta Cruz” (chapter II), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 21:

Over it Our Lord died to redeem us, as well as to save us from Hell.


Paranaûasu

(hapax legomenon) Amazon (a river in northern South America)


Mbyrykioka

→ Brazilian Portuguese: Bertioga

From mbyryki (“muriqui”) + oka (“house”).

The mouth of the Bertioga channel and its surroundings, next to the São João da Bertioga fort, in São Vicente captaincy, Brazil, where nowadays Bertioga city is located


Reriûasu

From reri (“oyster”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big oyster”.

suffix

T ERE-ioubé?
F Pa-aiout,
T Teh! auge-ny-po,
T Mara-pé-deréré?
F Lery-ouſſou,
T Ere-iacaſſo pieno?
F Pa.
T Eori-deretani ouani repiac.
F Auge-bé,
T Iendé répiac? aout Iendérépiac aoul é éhéraire Teh! oouereté Kénoii Lery-ouſſou yméen!
T Ererou dé caramémo?
F Pá arout.

1578, Jean de Léry, chapter 10, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, pages 341–342:

T Did you come?
F Yes, I did.
T Oh, very well! What's your name?
F Big Oyster.
T Did you immigrate by any chance?
F Yes.
T Come to see your future land.
F Perfectly.
T He came to see us! My son really came to see us! Ah, Big Oyster really came here! Did you bring your box?
F Yes, I brought it.

Tupi name given to the Frenchman Jean de Léry


Abatiposang

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


Kunhambeb

[kũ.ɲãˈmbɛβ]


Inĩgûasu

From inĩ (“hammock”) + -gûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big hammock”.


Itaîybá

Portuguese: Itagibá

From itá (“stone”) + îybá (“arm”), literally “stone arm”.


Itaomirĩ

From itá (“stone”) + oka (“house”) + mirĩ (“small”), literally “small stone house”.


Itapuku

From itá (“stone”) + puku (“long”), literally “long stone”.


Serobebé

→ Portuguese: Zorobabé

[sɛ.ɾɔ.βɛˈβɛ]

LE cinquieſme village eſt Caagouire, qui ſignifie l’ombre des arbres. Il y a deux principaux en ce lieu. Le premier ſe nomme Serouéué, c’est à dïre vn oyſeau qui emporte ſon petit en l’air. Le ſecond s’appelle Auattion.

1614, Claude d'Abbeville, “LES PRINCIPAVX VILLAges de Tapouytapere” (chapter XXXIII), in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 186v:

The fifth village is Ka'agûyra, which means the shade of the trees. There are two principal people in this place. The first is named Serobebé, which means a bird that carries its young through the air. The second is called Abatiúna.


Iperuûasu

From iperu (“shark”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix).


Gûenũ

→ Portuguese: Guenum

Arocacar guenũ.

1622, anonymous author, “Chegar-se indo como o caminhante ao lugar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 73; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

an island of the Bay of All Saints, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; modern Ilha dos Frades


Tuîba'e

(astronomy) Name of a constellation with many stars arranged like an old man holding a club. Further details are uncertain.


Ûanhumy

(astronomy) Name of a constellation. Further details are uncertain.


Kariîooka

desctree

→ Brazilian Portuguese: carioca
→ English: Carioca

F Mamo-pè ſetam?
T Kariauh-bè

1578, Jean de Léry, chapter XX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 352:

Frenchman: Where is their residence?
Tupinambá: In Kariîooka.

Maene, Tupinãba
Paraguaçupe ndaroera,
ytupã ocibae puera
opacatu yamomba
nitibetei çembiroera
Yaupa Moçupiroca,
Yequej, guatapitiba,
Nheterõya, Paraiba
Guayayo, Carijo oca
Pacucaya, Araçatiba.

c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^(ço) [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 63, lines 142–151; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 117:

Look, the Tupinambás who were in Paraguaçu and had their churches, we destroyed them all. Not even their remains are left. We devoured everyone at Moçupiroca, Jequeí, Guatapitiba, Niterói, Paraíba, Guajajó, Carioca, Pacucaia, Araçatiba.

(now historical) a former Carijó village in Guanabara bay, São Vicente captaincy, Brazil

Carioca (a river in Guanabara bay, São Vicente captaincy, Brazil)


'Ypupîara

→ Portuguese: Ipupiara

From 'y + pupîara, literally “what is inside the water”.

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Não ha duvida senão que se encontram na Bahia e nos reconcavos d’ella, muitos homens marinhos, a que os indios chamam pela sua lingua upupiara[…]

[1587, Gabriel Soares de Sousa, chapter CXXVII, in Notícia do Brasil (in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, 2nd edition, Rio de Janeiro: João Ignancio da Silva, 1879, page 256:

a hostile water sprite, which was said to drown people crossing water bodies


Gûatapytyba

→ Portuguese: Guatapitiba (learned)

From gûatapy (“sea snail, or its shell”) + tyba (“gathering”), literally “gathering of sea snails, or of its shells”.

(now historical) a former Tupian village in São Vicente Captaincy; nowadays Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Kyrymuré

Portuguese: Quirimurê

Unknown, perhaps related to an Old Tupi name for fish of the Mugilidae family.

a bay in Bahia Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Bay of All Saints, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

F Mamo-pe deretam?
T Kariauh, Ora-ouaſſou-ouée Jaueu-ur aſſic?^([sic]) […] Sarapo-u, Ke-ri-u, Acara-u Kouroumouré, Ita-auc […] Sacouarr-ouſſou-tuue, Ocarentin, Sapopem […] Araſa-tuue, Uſu-potuue

1578, Jean de Léry, chapter 20, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 349:

F Where are your lands?
T Carioca, Uirauaçuúna, Jabebiracica […] Sarapoí, Rerií, Acaraí, Quirimuré, Itaoca […] Taquaruçutiba, Ocaratim, Sapopema […] Araçatiba, Icipotiba.

(now historical) a former Tupinambá village to the east of Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy, nowadays between Niterói and São Gonçalo, roughly in the Neves neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil


Sapopema

Portuguese: Sapopemba

From sapó (“root”) + pema (“angular”), literally “angular roots”.

(now historical) a former Tupinambá village to the west of Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy, nowadays between Bento Ribeiro, Deodoro, Marechal Hermes, and Vila Militar neighborhoods, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Ûyraûasuúna

From ûyraûasu (“hawk”) + una (“black, dark”), literally “black or dark hawk”.

(now historical) a former Tupinambá village to the west of Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy, nowadays roughly in the Centro neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Akara'y

Portuguese: Icaraí

From akará (“fish of the Cichlidae family”) + 'y (“river”).

(now historical) a former Tupinambá village to the east of Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy, nowadays roughly in the Icaraí neighborhood, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil


Soûerusu

From soba (“leaf”) + pûera (“old”) + -usu (augmentative suffix), literally “big fallen leaf”.


Murukuîaûasu

From murukuîá (“passion fruit”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big passion fruit”.


Marakaûasu

From maraká (“rattle, maraca”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big rattle, maraca”.


Eiraîá

Portuguese: Irajá

From eíra (“bee, honey”) + îá (“fullness”), literally “fullness of bees, honey”, or eîrara (“tayra”) + îá (“fullness”), literally “fullness of tayras”.

F Mamo-pe deretam?
T Kariauh, Ora-ouaſſou-ouée Jaueu-ur aſſic?^([sic]) […] Eiraia […] Sarapo-u, Ke-ri-u, Acara-u Kouroumouré, Ita-auc […] Sacouarr-ouſſou-tuue, Ocarentin, Sapopem […] Araſa-tuue, Uſu-potuue

F Where are your lands?
T Carioca, Uirauaçuúna, Jabebiracica […] Eirajá […] Sarapoí, Rerií, Acaraí, Quirimuré, Itaoca […] Taquaruçutiba, Ocaratim, Sapopema […] Araçatiba, Icipotiba.

(now historical) a former Tupinambá village to the west of Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy, nowadays roughly in the Irajá neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Paranapitinga

Nheengatu: Paraná Pitinga

From paraná (“river”) + piting (“turbid”) + -a.


Metarakanga

→ Portuguese: Metaracanga (learned)

From metara (“tembetá”) + akanga (“head”).

A monolithic mountain in São Vicente Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Pedra da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Metaracãga

Vocabulary in the Brasílica Language spelling of Metarakanga


'Ypa'ũgûasu

From 'ypa'ũ (“island”) + -gûasu (augmentative suffix).

An island in São Vicente Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil


Igpaũguaçû

Vocabulary in the Brasílica Language spelling of 'Ypa'ũgûasu


Akaîutebiró

→ Portuguese: Acajutibiró

From akaîu (“cashew tree”) + tebiró (“sodomite, sterile”), literally “sterile cashew tree”.

a bay in Paraíba Captaincy, nowadays in Baía da Traição, Paraíba, Brazil


Kûarasyîuba

From kûarasy (“Sun”) + îub (“yellow”) + -a (nominal suffix), literally “yellow Sun”.


Abarebebé

→ Portuguese: Abarebebê

[a.βaˌɾɛ.βɛˈβɛ]

From abaré (“priest”) + bebé (“flying”), literally “flying priest”.

nickname given to the priest Leonardo Nunes for the extreme speed with which he carried out his missionary journeys


Pakukaîa

→ Portuguese: Pacucaia

From paku (“pacu”) + kaî (“to burn oneself”) + -a (nominal suffix), literally “burned pacu”.

Maene, Tupinãba / Paraguaçupe ndaroera, / ytupã ocibae puera / opacatu yamomba / nitibetei çembiroera // Yaupa Moçupiroca, / Yequej, guatapitiba, / Nheterõya, Paraiba / Guayayo, Carijo oca / Pacucaya, Araçatiba.

c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^(ço) [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 117, lines 142–151; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 691:

Look, the Tupinambás who were in Paraguaçu and had their churches, we destroyed them all. Not even their remains are left. We devoured all the Moçupiroca, Jequeí, Guatapitiba, Niterói, Paraíba, Guajajó, Carioca, Pacucaia, Araçatiba.

(now historical) a former Tupinambá village in São Vicente Captaincy, nowadays in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Gûaîxará

→ Portuguese: Guaixará

Acepiac erimbae / guaixara maranuçu / ygara çeta catu / ereipitibõ yepe / eri aani, ocij muru. // Caraiba naçetai, / ſ. ſebaſtiaõ ae / omondic tata çeçe / imondija, nopitai / amo aba maranape.

c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^(ço) [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 119, lines 197–206; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 694:

I saw, once, the great battle of Guaixará. The canoes were very numerous. Although you helped them, oh no! The cursed ones trembled. The Christians were not many; Saint Sebastian, however, set fire to them [the canoes], scaring them [the cursed ones] away. No one remained in the place of the battle.


Kunhãûasutenhẽ

From kunhã (“woman”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix) + tenhẽ (“in vain”), literally “big woman for nothing”.


Ûaraûasu

From ûaraûasu (a fish of the family Carangidae).


Ûyraesaûasu

From ûyrá (“bird”) + esá (“eye”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big-eyed bird”.


Tatuûasu

From tatuûasu (“giant armadillo”). By surface analysis, tatu (“armadillo”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big armadillo”.


Taîasu

From taîasu (the animal, not the plant).


Îagûanharõ

From îagûara (“jaguar, dog”) + nharõ (“angry”), literally “angry jaguar, angry dog”.


Marasá

Iori pay Maraça / ico taba mõgatuabo / Pai Iesu mõgetabo / ixupe çauçubuca.

16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Dãça de dez mininoſ”, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 58, lines 286–289; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 678:

Come, Father Marçal [Beliarte], to bless this village, praying to Lord Jesus, making him love it.


Paragûasu

From pará (“sea”) + -gûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big sea”.

A river in Brazil, equivalent to modern-day São Francisco River.


Itamogûaîa

From itá + mogûaî + -a, literally “cut stone”.

an island of Guanabara Bay, equivalent to modern-day Villegagnon Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Îuraytaûasu

From îurá (“jirau”) + ytá (“post”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big posts of a jirau”.


Siriîy

→⇒ Portuguese: Sergipe

From siri (“swimming crab”) + îy (“river”).

Siriîype asó.

A river in Sergipe Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Sergipe River, Sergipe, Brazil.


Kapi'ibary

→⇒ Portuguese: Capibaribe

From kapi'ibara (“capybara”) + 'y (“river”).

Kapi'ibarype asó.

A river in Itamaracá Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Capibaribe River, Pernambuco, Brazil.


Îabebyry

→⇒ Portuguese: Beberibe

[ja.βɛˌβɨˈɾɨ]

[ʒa.βɛˌβɨˈɾɨ]

Îabebyrype asó.

A river in Itamaracá Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Beberibe River, Pernambuco, Brazil.


Krusá

Nheengatu: Kurusá

From krusá, borrowed from Portuguese cruz, from Old Galician-Portuguese cruz, from Latin crux, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Certainly a calque, possibly of Portuguese Crux. The native term, if it ever existed, is unknown.

etymon

(Late Tupi, hapax legomenon, astronomy) Southern Cross (constellation)