paîé

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paje.

Cognate with Guaraní paje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈjɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: pa‧îé

Noun

paîé (absolute maîé) (possessable)

1. shaman; witch doctor
2. (Christianity, Late Tupi, rare) priest

   Synonyms: abaré, pa'i

   • 1622, anonymous author, “Padre por ordens, ou habito”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 62; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Abarê. Paje.

     [Abaré. Paîé.]

Derived terms

• gûaîbĩpaîé
• paîeangaíba
• paîeaíba
• paîegûasu
• paîekatu
• paîemarĩoba
• îemopaîé

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pajé, pagé

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “paîé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 368, columns 1–2