Abatiposanga

Old Tupi

Etymology

From abati (“corn”) +‎ posanga (“medicine”).

Proper noun

Abatiposanga

1. (hapax) a male given name

References

• Hans Staden (1557) chapter 50, in Warhaftige [Hiſtoria und] beſchꝛeibung eyner Landtſchafft der wilden nacketen/grimmigen menſchfreſſer leuthen/in der newenwelt America gelegen [True history and description of a land of wild, naked, fierce man-eating people located in the New World of America], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Abbati Boſſange [Abatiposanga]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Abatiposanga”, 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, page 8, column 2