karaíba

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
Anchieta (1555) caraiba
Thevet (1575) charaïbe
VLB (1622) caraiba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka.ɾaˈi.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -iβa
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧í‧ba

Noun

karaíba (unpossessable)

  1. thaumaturge[1]
  2. (Late Tupi) white man[2]
    Synonyms: aîuruîuba, maíra; see also Thesaurus:abá
  3. (Late Tupi, Christianity) Christian[3]
    Synonyms: i mongaraibypyra, i moîasukypyra
    • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 64, lines 202–206; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 119:
      Caraiba naçetai, / ſ. ſebaſtiaõ ae / omondic tata çeçe / imondija, nopitai / amo aba maranape.
      [Karaíba na setáî, / S[ão] Sebastião a'e / omondyk tatá sesé / i mondyîa, n'opytáî / amõ abá maranápe.]
      The Christians weren't many, but Saint Sebastian set fire on [the canoes], making them flee. There was no one left at the place of battle.

Derived terms

Noun

karaíba (possessable) (Christianity, Late Tupi)

  1. sanctity; holiness[4]
    • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 67, lines 311–313; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 125:
      Tupã ae / o caraiba pupe / yanga, çete monhãgi.
      [Tupã aé / o karaíba pupé / i 'anga, seté monhangi.]
      God Himself, with His holiness, made their souls and bodies.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: kariwa

References

  1. ^ André Thevet (1557–1558) Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 52v: “Charaïbe”
  2. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Homẽ branco, a diferença dos Jndios”, 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 153: “Caraiba”
  3. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Cristão”, 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 86: “Caraiba”
  4. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Benta cousa”, 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 54: “Caraiba”

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