maxaru

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
Lamy (1540) macharron / marsarron

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese machado (“axe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma.ʃaˈɾu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ma‧xa‧ru

Noun

maxaru (possessable)

  1. (Late Tupi, hapax legomenon) axe

References

  • Jehan Lamy (c. 1540) Le langaige du breſiL [The language of Brazil]‎[1] (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 53v, line 44: “macharron [maxaru]”
  • Jehan Lamy (c. 1540) Le langaige du breſiL [The language of Brazil]‎[2] (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 54, line 60: “marsarron [maxaru]”
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