Ûyraûasuúna

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • Gûyragûasuúna

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wɨ.ɾa.wa.suˈũ.na]
  • Rhymes: -ũna
  • Hyphenation: Ûy‧ra‧ûa‧su‧ú‧na

Proper noun

Ûyraûasuúna

  1. (now historical) a former Tupinambá village to the west of Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy,[1] nowadays roughly in the Centro neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
    • 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 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
      [F Mamõpe nde retama?
      T Kariîooka, Ûyraûasuúna, Îabebyrasyka […] Sarapo'y, Reri'y, Akara'y, Kyrymuré, Itaoka […] Takûarusutyba, Okaratĩ, Sapopema […] Arasatyba, Ysypotyba.]
      F Where are your lands?
      T Carioca, Uirauaçuúna, Jabebiracica […] Sarapoí, Rerií, Acaraí, Quirimuré, Itaoca […] Taquaruçutiba, Ocaratim, Sapopema […] Araçatiba, Icipotiba.

References

  1. ^ Jean de Léry (1578) 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: “Ora-ouaſſou-ouée [Ûyraûasuúna]”
  2. ^ Rafael Freitas da Silva (2020) O Rio antes do Rio [Rio before Rio] (overall work in Portuguese), Belo Horizonte: Relicário, →ISBN
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