anhangu'i

Old Tupi

Etymology

From anhanga (“devil”) +‎ ku'i (“dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ã.ɲã.ŋuˈʔi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧nha‧ngu‧'i

Noun

anhangu'i (?)

1. (hapax) sulfur

   Synonyms: anhangarepoti, kangûyra

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Enxofre”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 120: “Anhãgui. Anhãgarepoti. Canguîra. [Anhangu'i. Anhangarepoti. Kangûyra.]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “anhangu'i”, 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 40, column 1