Mairi

See also: mairi and Màiri

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Uncertain. If the same origin of Portuguese Mairi, from maíra (“white man”) +‎ 'y (“river”).[1]

    Proper noun

    Mairi (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. Belém (a city, the capital of the captaincy of Grão-Pará, Brazil)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: Mairí

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Mairi”, 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 584, column 2
    • Anton Meisterburg (a. 1756) “o lugar da cidade de grãm parà [the place of Grão Pará's city]”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu, Pará, page 57, column 2; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 317: “Mairì”

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    From maíra (“white man”) +‎ 'y (“river”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.iˈɾi/, /majˈɾi/ [maɪ̯ˈɾi]

    • Rhymes: -i
    • Hyphenation: Ma‧i‧ri

    Proper noun

    Mairi f

    1. a municipality of Bahia, Brazil

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Mairi”, 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 584, column 2
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