kariîó

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka.ɾiˈjɔ], [ka.ɾiˈʒɔ]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ri‧îó

Noun

kariîó (?)

  1. (now historical, South Tupi) an indigenous people that lived in South Brazil
    • 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter XIX, 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 354:
      Mara-pé perouagérrè-rèrè?
      Margaiat […] Ouétaca […] Ouèauem […] Caraia […] Karios […]
      [Marãpe pe robaîara rera?
      Marakaîá […] Gûaîtaká […] Gûaîanã […] Karaîá […] Kariîó […] ]
      “What are your enemies’ names?”
      “Maracajá, Goitacá, Guaianá, Karajá, Carijó.”

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: carijó

References

  • Fernão Cardim (1585) “Da diversidade de nações e linguas”, in Indios do Brasil (in Portuguese); republished as Capistrano de Abreu, editor, Do principio e origem dos indios do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Gazeta de Noticias, 1881, page 52: “Carijo [Kariîó]”
  • Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XX, 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 354: “Kario [Kariîó]”

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