Anhanga retama

Old Tupi

Etymology

From Anhanga (“Devil”) +‎ retama (“land”), literally “land of the Devil”.

Compare Guaraní añaretã.

Noun

Anhanga retama (?)

  1. (Christianity, hapax legomenon) hell
    • 1586, André Thevet, “Du Goulphre ou Riviere de Ganabara”, in Le Grand Insulaire et Pilotage d’André Thevet [The Great Islander and Piloting of André Thevet], page 253:
      yanga oso ognanga retam
      [I 'anga osó Anhanga retãme.]
      His soul went to hell.

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