Kunhambeba
Old Tupi
Etymology
From kunhã (“woman”) + peba (“flat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kũ.ɲãˈᵐbɛ.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -ɛβa
- Hyphenation: Ku‧nha‧mbe‧ba
Proper noun
Kunhambeba
- a male given name
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: Cunhambebe
References
- Joseph of Anchieta (1565) [Carta de S. Vicente] (overall work in Portuguese), Captaincy of São Vicente; republished as chapter XV, 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 221: “Cunhambéba [Kunhambeba]”
- Hans Staden (1557) chapter 44, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Konianbebe [Kunhambeba]”
- André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 54, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 103v: “Quoniambec [Kunhambeba]”
- Jean de Léry (1578) “Preface”, 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 n38: “Quoniã begue [Kunhambeba]”
- Simão de Vasconcellos (1663) Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil [Chronicle of the State of Brazil's Society of Jesus], Livro terceiro (overall work in Portuguese), Lisboa: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 308, column 1: “Cunhambéba [Kunhambeba]”
- Ulisse Aldrovandi (1642) Monſtrorum Hiſtoria (overall work in Latin), Bologna: Nicolai Tebaldini, page 108: “Quonianbec [Kunhambeba]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Kunhambeba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 241, column 2