Anhanga retama
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editFrom Anhanga (“Devil”) + retama (“land”), literally “land of the Devil”.
Noun
edit- (Christianity, Late Tupi) hell
- 1586, André Thevet, “Du Goulphre ou Riviere de Ganabara”, in Le grand Insulaire et pilotage d'André THEVET, Angoumoisin, cosmographe du Roy, dans lequel sont contenus plusieurs plants d'isles habitées et deshabitées et description d'icelles[1], page 253:
- I 'anga osó Anhanga retãme.
- [original: yanga oso ognanga retam]
- His soul went to hell.
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Anhanga”, 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 39, column 2
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “etama”, 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 122, column 1