pu'ama

Old Tupi

Etymology

    From pu'am + -a.

    Noun

    pu'ama (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mu'ama)

    1. assault (violent onset or attack)
      • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Dança” (chapter LXXIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 172v, lines 70–73; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 323:
        Noipotari yanderi / yandeçumarãpuama / yandereco caturãma / oi meenguca iepi.
        [N'oîpotari îandé ri / îandé sumarã pu'ama / îandé rekokaturama / oîme'enguká îepi]
        She didn't want our enemies' assault onto us, always making them give [us] our future happiness.
    • pu'amagûera

    Descendants

    • → Brazilian Portuguese: muamba

    References

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