tanimbuka

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tanimuk.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní tanimbu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tã.nĩˈᵐbu.ka]
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ni‧mbu‧ka

Noun

tanimbuka (possessable)

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)
    Synonym: uba
    • 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, “Em Março”, in Bartolomeu de Leão, editor, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa [Brazilian Catechism of the Christian Doctrine], 2 edition, Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 122:
      Quarta feira tanimbucaräîba raçâpe iecüacúpabuçú, Quareſma iâba nhëypyrûnghi: ipupé quarenta âra iaiecüacúbine.
      [Quarta-feira tanimbukaraíba rasápe îekuakupabusu, Quaresma 'îaba nheypyrungi: i pupé quarenta 'ara îaîekuakubyne.]
      When the Ash Wednesday (literally, “Wednesday's holy ashes”) passes, the great fasting called Lent starts: in it, we will fast for forty days.
  • tanimbuky

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: tanimbuka
  • →? Brazilian Portuguese: tanimbuca

References

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