Old Tupi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɛ.ɾɛjˈwa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ke‧reî‧ûá

Noun edit

kereîûá (unpossessable)

  1. banded cotinga (Cotinga maculata)
    • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Da criação do mundo, dos Anjos, & ſua cahida” (chapter II), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [], Livro Segundo do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [ ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 37v:
      D. Aob querêjuâ coaracî çocé / Oberabae nungara, T. remimotara rupî / Acê moingoçára.
      [D. Aokereîûá kûarasy sosé oberaba'e nungara, Tupã remimotara rupi asé moingosara.]
      D. Like banded cotinga clothes that shine more than the sun, that make us be in accordance with God's will.

Descendants edit

  • Brazilian Portuguese: crejoá

References edit