Wiktionary

kuruba

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuruβ + Old Tupi -a.

    Noun

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    kuruba (possessable)

    1. grain (single particle of a substance)[1]
      Synonyms: 'akytã, esakuruba, esakytã
    2. pimple (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin)
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Espinha carnal do rosto”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 126; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Tobâ curuba.
        [Tobá kuruba.]
        Face pimbles.
    3. wart (type of deformed growth occurring on the skin)[2]
      Synonym: kytã
    4. scabies[3]
      Synonym: piremonã
    5. (South Tupi) smallpox[4]
      Synonyms: piraíba, piratĩ
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    Descendants

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    • Nheengatu: kuruba
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: curuba

    References

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    1. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Grão como de sal, farinha, etc.”, 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 150: “Curuba [Kuruba]”
    2. ^ Fernão Cardim (p. 1583) “A Treatiſe of Braſil, written by a Portugall which had long lived there”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Francis Cooke, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VII, chapter I § VI (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1314: “Curub [Kurub[a]]”
    3. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Sarna”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 113: “Curuba [Kuruba]”
    4. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Bexigas, doença”, 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 55: “Curuba [Kuruba]”
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