abaré

Old Tupi

Etymology

Possibly from abá (“man”) +‎ é (“different”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.β̞aˈɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ré

Noun

abaré (unpossessable)(Late Tupi)

1. (Christianity) priest, clergyman
2. (Catholicism) Jesuit

Derived terms

• Abarebebé
• abaregûasu

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: abaré, Abaré, Avaré

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “abaré”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 8, column 1