tupãoka

Old Tupi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tupã

Old Tupi tupã

Old Tupi Tupã

Proto-Tupian *ekʷ

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi oka

Old Tupi tupãoka

From Tupã (“God”) +‎ oka (“house”), coined by Jesuits in the 16th century. Piecewise doublet of Tupã roka.

Compare Paraguayan Guaraní tupão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuˌpãˈɔ.ka]
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: tu‧pã‧o‧ka

Noun

tupãoka (possessable)(Late Tupi, religion)

1. house of worship (mosque, church, synagogue, temple, or similar place where believers go to practice their faith)

   Synonym: (LGA) Tupã roka

   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Februarius”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 3v:

     Xe pô, xepi, abâ pô, y pi, ara o membira ragoera coabirè, S. Maria o membira IeSVS reraçou T. oc-ipe T. tubape y coabeenga, iudeos recomonhangába rupi.

     [Xe pó, xe py, abá pó, i py 'ara o membyragûera kûab'iré, Santa Maria o membyra Jesus rerasóû tupãokype Tupã Tuba pé i kuabe'enga, judeus rekomonhangaba rupi.]

     Forty days after the birth of her son, Saint Mary took her son Jesus to the synagogue to present him to God the Father, following the Jewish law.

   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Augustus”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 7:

     Putunamorecê y querpe xererijara T. òca eimonhang, ey S Maria y xupê; cò moçauçûba xeremimotaramo cecó cuapàba […]

     [Putuna amõ resé i kerype "xe reriîara tupãoka eîmonhang" e'i Santa Maria i xupé. "Kó mosaûsuba xe remimotaramo sekó kuapaba" […] ]

     On a certain night, in their sleep, Saint Mary said to them: "Make a church in my name. This dream is a sign of my will."

Derived terms

• tupãok
• tupãomirĩ

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tupauku