anhangu'i
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anhanga (“devil”) + ku'i (“dust”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anhangu'i (?)
- (hapax) sulfur
- Synonyms: anhangarepoti, kangûyra
References
[edit]- anonymous author (1622) “Enxofre”, 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 120: “Anhãgui. Anhãgarepoti. Canguîra. [Anhangu'i. Anhangarepoti. Kangûyra.]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “anhangu'i”, 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 40, column 1