pirapu'ama repoti
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editLiterally, “whale feces”.
Noun
edit- ambergris
- Synonyms: pirapoti, mboîgûasurepoti
References
edit- Antonie Knivet (1591) “The admirable aduentures and ſtrange fortunes of Maſter Antonie Knivet, which went with Maſter Thomas Candish in his ſecond voyage to the South Sea”, in Samuel Purchas, editor, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VI, chapter VII § VII (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1224: “Pirapoun Arepoty [Pirapu'ã repoti]”
- anonymous author (1622) “Ambre”, 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 34: “Pirâpoâma repoti [Pirapu'ama repoti]”
- Simão de Vasconcellos (1663) Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil [Chronicle of the State of Brazil's Society of Jesus], Livro segundo, das noticias curiosas, antecedentes, das cousas do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Lisboa: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 172, column 2: “pirapuama repoti [pirapu'ama repoti]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pirapu'amarepoti”, 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 387, column 1