sokó

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • 'ysokó

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *soko.

    Noun

    sokó (unpossessable)

    1. heron. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
      • 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 66v; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 124:
        Xe giboya, xe coço / xe tamuyuçu Aimbire / Çucuriju, taguato / tamandoa atirabebo / xe anhanga morope.
        [Xe îyboîa, xe sokó, xe tamuîusu Aîmbiré. Sukuriîu, tagûató, tamandûá atyrabebó, xe anhanga moropé.]
        I'm a boa, a heron, I'm the great tamoio Aîmbiré. A anaconda, a goshawk, a shaggy anteater, I'm a people-burning devil.
      1. rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
    • 'ysoko'ĩ
    • soko'i
    • sokopinima

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: sukú
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: socó

    References

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