anhangu'i

Old Tupi

Etymology

From anhanga (“devil”) +‎ ku'i (“dust”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ã.ɲã.ŋuˈʔi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧nha‧ngu‧'i

Noun

anhangu'i (?)

  1. (hapax legomenon) sulfur
    Synonyms: anhangarepoti, kangûyra

References

  • anonymous author (1622) “Enxofre”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 120: “Anhãgui. Anhãgarepoti. Canguîra. [Anhangu'i. Anhangarepoti. Kangûyra.]”
  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “anhangu'i”, 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 40, column 1
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