Marasá

Old Tupi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Marçal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma.ɾaˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧sá

Proper noun

Marasá

  1. a male given name from Portuguese
    • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Dãça de dez mininoſ”, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 58, lines 286–289; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 678:
      Iori pay Maraça / ico taba mõgatuabo / Pai Iesu mõgetabo / ixupe çauçubuca.
      [Îori, pa'i Marasá, / ikó taba mongatûabo, / pa'i Îesu mongetábo, / i xupé saûsubuká.]
      Come, Father Marçal [Beliarte], to bless this village, praying to Lord Jesus, making him love it.
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