Pindobusu

Old Tupi

Etymology

    From pindobusu.

    Proper noun

    Pindobusu

    1. (hapax legomenon) a male given name[1]
    2. (now historical) a former Tupian village in Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy; nowadays Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]

    Descendants

    • → Brazilian Portuguese: Pindobuçu

    References

    1. ^ 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: “Pindobuçú [Pindobusu]”
    2. ^ Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XXI, 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 377: “Pindo-ouſſou [Pindo[b]usu]”
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