'ykaraíba

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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    Calque of Portuguese água benta, from 'y +‎ karaíb +‎ -a.

    Noun

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    'ykaraíba (possessable)

    1. (Christianity, Late Tupi) holy water
      • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VII, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica, Livro Setimo da ordem de baptizar, [ ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 142:
        Anhanga nhegoacẽbâba igcaraiba.
        [Anhanga nhegûasembaba 'ykaraíba.]
        The holy water is the reason of Devil's fleeing.