marãpe nde rera

Old Tupi

Old Tupi phrasebook

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The phrase in the 1540s manuscript Le langaige du Bresil, spelled marabinderere

Alternative forms

• marãpe ne rera

Etymology

Literally, “how your name?”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈɾã.pɛ ⁿdɛ ˈɾɛ.ɾa]

Phrase

marãpe nde rera

1. what is your name?

   — Marãpe nde rera?
   — Xe rera Pindobusu.

   — What is your name?
   — My name is Pindobusu.

   • c. 1540, Jehan Lamy, Le langaige du Bresil (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 53, line 22:

     MARABINDERERE

     [Marãpe nde rera]

     What is your name

   • 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter XX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 341:

     Mara-pé-deréré?

     [Marãpe nde rera?]

     What is your name?

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “marã?”, 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 259, column 1