Tagûaíba
Old Tupi
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editTagûaíba
- an evil spirit from Tupian mythology
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VI, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 102v:
- 28.p.Erecîquîjpe Anhanga, tagoaîba, curupira Iarupari, coipoteõ abáçupe?
- [Eresykyîpe Anhanga, Tagûaíba, Kurupira, Îurupari koîpó te'õ abá supé?]
- Had you summoned Anhanga, Taguaíba, Curupira, Jurupari or the death of someone?
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edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Tagûaíba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 456, column 2