Akara'y

Old Tupi

A 1550s accounts–based 1660s map by Pierre Duval showing Akara'y on the right side of Guanabara Bay

Etymology

From akará (“fish of the Cichlidae family”) +‎ 'y (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ka.ɾaˈʔɨ]
• Hyphenation: A‧ka‧ra‧'y
• Rhymes: -ɨ

Proper noun

Akara'y

1. (now historical) a former Tupinambá village to the east of Guanabara Bay, São Vicente Captaincy, nowadays roughly in the Icaraí neighborhood, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
   • 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter 20, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 349:

     F Mamo-pe deretam?
     T Kariauh, Ora-ouaſſou-ouée Jaueu-ur aſſic?^[sic] […] Sarapo-u, Ke-ri-u, Acara-u Kouroumouré, Ita-auc […] Sacouarr-ouſſou-tuue, Ocarentin, Sapopem […] Araſa-tuue, Uſu-potuue

     [F Mamõpe nde retama?
     T Kariîooka, Ûyraûasuaba, Îabebyrasyka […] Sarapo'y, Reri'y, Akara'y, Kyrymuré, Itaoka […] Takûarusutyba, Okaratĩ, Sapopema […] Arasatyba, Ysypotyba.]

     F Where are your lands?
     T Carioca, Uirauaçuaba, Jabebiracica […] Sarapoí, Rerií, Acaraí, Quirimuré, Itaoca […] Taquaruçutiba, Ocaratim, Sapopema […] Araçatiba, Icipotiba.

Descendants

• Portuguese: Icaraí