Îurupari

Old Tupi

Etymology

From îuru (“mouth”) +‎ pari (“crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ju.ɾu.paˈɾi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: Îu‧ru‧pa‧ri

Proper noun

Îurupari(North Tupi)

1. an evil being from Tupian mythology
2. (Christianity, Late Tupi) the Devil; Satan

   Synonym: Anhanga

   • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines […]‎^[2] (overall work in French and Old Tupi), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 357:

     Cruſſa chèpopéſecoremé, ouyiemo cruſſaue tooure Ieropary oycoue aermé, naſſequeie chouéne ichouy […]

     [Kurusá xe pópe sekóreme, […] kurusá bé t'our é Îurupari oîkobé a'ereme, n'asykyîéî xûéne i xuí […] ]

     If this cross is in my hands, […] let even the Devil come then, I won't fear him.

   • 1618, Cristóvão Valente, compiled by Antônio de Araújo, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Cantigas na lingoa pera os mininos da Sancta Doctrina (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck:

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     [Eîpe'a Îurupari kó 'ara suí […] ]

     Push the Devil away from this day on.

Derived terms

• abaîurupari
• gûyráîurupari
• kunhãîurupari
• so'oîurupari
• îurupari

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: Yuruparí
• → Brazilian Portuguese: Jurupari