Urubu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From urubu (“vulture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u.ɾuˈβ̞u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: U‧ru‧bu
• Homophone: urubu

Proper noun

Urubu

1. a male given name
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 66, lines 750–754; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

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     [Kó xe musuranusu.
     T'a'u kori i îybapûera,
     Îagûarusu, i ugûera,
     i akangûera, Urubu,
     Kaburé, setymãmbûera.]

     Here's my big rope. Today I shall eat your severed arms, Îagûarusu your tights and your head, Urubu and Kaburé, your legs.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Urubu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 501, column 2