Tupã sy
Old Tupi
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCalque of Portuguese Mãe de Deus (“Mother of God”). Cognate with Guaraní Tupãsy.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (Christianity, Late Tupi) Mother of God
Further reading
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Tupã”, 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 482, column 2
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sy”, 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 450, column 1