sumarana

Old Tupi

Etymology

From sumarã, possibly reanalyzed as a compound of marã, which has marana as a variant, hence it may be a case of hypercorrection. The word sumarã appears to have no cognates in other languages of the same family, so its etymology is attributed to Kariri, in which it is also attested and can be better analyzed.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧ma‧ra‧na

Noun

sumarana (possessable)

1. (hapax legomenon) Língua Geral Paulista form of sumarã (“enemy”)

References

• anonymous author (18th century) “Inimigo”, in Língua geral dos índios das Américas [General language of the Indians of the Americas]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), page 6v, line 390: “Sumarana”