Kariîooka

Old Tupi

Etymology

    From kariîó +‎ oka (“house”).

    Proper noun

    Kariîooka

    1. (now historical) a former Carijó village in Guanabara bay, São Vicente captaincy, Brazil
      • 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:
        F Mamo-pè ſetam?
        T Kariauh-bè
        [F[rançoys] Mamõpe setama?
        T[upinambá] Kariîo[oky]pe]
        Frenchman: Where is their residence?
        Tupinambá: In Kariîooka.
      • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [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:
        Maene, Tupinãba / Paraguaçupe ndaroera, / ytupã ocibae puera / opacatu yamomba / nitibetei çembiroera / Yaupa Moçupiroca, / Yequej, guatapitiba, / Nheterõya, Paraiba / Guayayo, Carijo oca / Pacucaya, Araçatiba.
        [Ma'ẽne, tupinambá / Paragûasupendarûera, / i tupãokyba'epûera / opakatu îamombá / n'i tybetéî sembyrûera / Îa'upá Mosupyroka, / Îekeí, Gûatapytyba, / Nheterõîa, Paraíba, / Guaîaîó, Kariîooka, / Pakukaîa, Arasatyba.]
        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.
    2. Carioca (a river in Guanabara bay, São Vicente captaincy, Brazil)

    Descendants

    • → Brazilian Portuguese: carioca
      • → English: Carioca
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: Carioca

    References

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