tupãrorypaba

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • Tupã rorypaba

Etymology

From Tupã (“God”) +‎ rorypaba (“place of happiness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tũ.pã.ɾɔ.ɾɨˈpa.βa]
  • Rhymes: -aβa
  • Hyphenation: tu‧pã‧ro‧ry‧pa‧ba

Noun

tupãrorypaba (?)

  1. (Christianity, Late Tupi) paradise
    • 1586, André Thevet, “Du Goulphre ou Riviere de Ganabara”, in Le Grand Insulaire et Pilotage d’André Thevet [The Great Islander and Piloting of André Thevet], page 253:
      Arobia ychegnuam pupé catou toupan rorupape ycaraïcatouäe gognugnangaue
      [Arobîá ixé nhy'ã pupekatu tupãrorypápe i karaikatuba'e nheŷnhangaba.]
      I believe deeply in my heart that in paradise those who are truly virtuous gather together.
    • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Exortação antes do recebimento & bençoens” (chapter 5), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Livro Setimo da ordem de baptizar, [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 133v:
      Emonanamo pemendârirè peteûme pemendàragoêra rerecômemoammo, peîcôcatu, tecó catú repenhãdàpe peicôbo: igbacupe Tupã roripápe, pereõroirè, peçòyanondè.
      [Emonãnamo, pe mendar'iré, peteumẽ pe mendaragûera rerekomemûãmo. Peîkokatu, tekokatu repenhandápe peîkóbo, ybakype tupãrorypápe pe re'õ roîré pe só îanondé.]
      Therefore, after your marriage, be careful not to mistreat the one you married. Live well, behaving to embrace virtue, before going to heaven, to paradise, after your deaths.

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