Sapopema

Old Tupi

Etymology

From sapó (“root”) +‎ pema (“angular”), literally “angular roots”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sa.pɔˈpɛ̃.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃ma
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧po‧pe‧ma

Proper noun

Sapopema

  1. (now historical) a former Tupinambá village to the west of Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy,[1] nowadays between Bento Ribeiro, Deodoro, Marechal Hermes, and Vila Militar neighborhoods, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
    • 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter 20, 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 349:
      F Mamo-pe deretam?
      T Kariauh, Ora-ouaſſou-ouée Jaueu-ur aſſic?[sic] […] Sarapo-u, Ke-ri-u, Acara-u Kouroumouré, Ita-auc […] Sacouarr-ouſſou-tuue, Ocarentin, Sapopem […] Araſa-tuue, Uſu-potuue
      [F Mamõpe nde retama?
      T Kariîooka, Ûyraûasuúna, Îabebyrasyka […] Sarapo'y, Reri'y, Akara'y, Kyrymuré, Itaoka […] Takûarusutyba, Okaratĩ, Sapopema […] Arasatyba, Ysypotyba.]
      F Where are your lands?
      T Carioca, Uirauaçuúna, Jabebiracica […] Sarapoí, Rerií, Acaraí, Quirimuré, Itaoca […] Taquaruçutiba, Ocaratim, Sapopema […] Araçatiba, Icipotiba.

Descendants

  • Portuguese: Sapopemba

References

  1. ^ Jean de Léry (1578) chapter 20, 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 376: “Sapopem [Sapopema]”
  2. ^ Rafael Freitas da Silva (2020) O Rio antes do Rio [Rio before Rio] (overall work in Portuguese), Belo Horizonte: Relicário, →ISBN
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