nhe'engerekoara

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupian *weʔeŋ
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔeŋ
    Old Tupi nhe'eng
    Proto-Tupian *-ap
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
    Old Tupi -a
    Old Tupi nhe'enga
    Old Tupi erekó
    Proto-Tupian *-at
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-ar
    Old Tupi -sar
    Old Tupi -a
    Old Tupi nhe'engerekoara

    From nhe'enga (“language”) +‎ erekó (“to have”) +‎ -ar (deverbalizer suffix) +‎ -a, literally “language haver”.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ɲɛˌʔɛ̃.ŋɛ.ɾɛˌkɔˈa.ɾa]
    • Rhymes: -aɾa
    • Hyphenation: nhe‧'e‧nge‧re‧kó‧a‧ra

    Noun

    nhe'engerekoara (possessable)

    1. (Late Tupi) interpreter (person who converts spoken language in real time)
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Lingoa, o q. disso serue a outro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 22; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Abarê nheengerecoara.
        [Abaré nhe'engerekoara.]
        The priest's interpreter.

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhe'engerekoara”, 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 338, column 1
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