Îurupari
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editFrom îuru (“mouth”) + pari (“crooked”).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editÎurupari(North Tupi)
- an evil being from Tupian mythology
- (Christianity, Late Tupi) the Devil; Satan
- Synonym: Anhanga
- 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), 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 [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 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
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Îurupari”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 201–202
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