enduape

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from German Enduape,[1] itself borrowed from Old Tupi îandûaba.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.duˈa.pi/ [ẽ.dʊˈa.pi], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈdwa.pi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.duˈa.pi/ [ĩ.dʊˈa.pi], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈdwa.pi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.duˈa.pe/ [ẽ.dʊˈa.pe], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈdwa.pe/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.duˈa.pe/ [ĩ.dʊˈa.pe], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈdwa.pe/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -api, (Southern Brazil) -ape, (Portugal) -apɨ
  • Hyphenation: en‧du‧a‧pe

Noun

enduape m (plural enduapes)

  1. headdress used by the Tupi Indians on their buttocks, which was hung from the waist
    • 1851, Gonçalves Dias, chapter 1, in I-Juca-Pirama‎[1], page 2:
      A coma lhe cortam, os membros lhe tingem,
      Brilhante enduápe[sic] no corpo lhe cingem,
      Sombreia-lhe a fronte gentil canitar.
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References

  1. ^ Hans Staden (1557) chapter XVI, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 2 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Enduape [îandûaba]”

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