Aîmbiré

Old Tupi

Aimberê

Proper noun

Aîmbiré

1. a male given name
   • (Can we date this quote?), Joseph of Anchieta, Play of Saint Lawrence:

     Oîkobé / xe pytybõanameté, / xe pyri marãtekoara, / xe irũnamo okaîba'e: / tubixakatu Aîmbiré, / apŷaba moangaîpapara.

     [original: Oicobe / xepitiboanamete / xe piri mara tecoara / xe irunamo ocaibae / tubixacatu Aimbire / apiaba moangaipapara.]

     Exists / what will be my true helper, / what works alongside me, / what burns with me: / the chieftain Aimbirê, / the corrupter of the indigenous people.

Descendants

• Portuguese: Aimberê, Aimbirê

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Aîmbiré”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN