arukanga
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Old Tupi
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: a‧ru‧kan‧ga
Noun
[edit]arukanga (possessable)
- rib
- 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, “Da creaçaõ do primeiro homem” (chapter 3), in Bartolomeu de Leão, editor, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa [Brazilian Catechism of the Christian Doctrine], 2 edition, Cateciſmo […] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 48:
- M. Mbäépe Tupã oimonháng iandé rubypy remirecó retéramo?
D. Iarucanga anhó.- [M. Mba'epe Tupã oîmonhang îandé rubypy remirekó retéramo?
D. I arukanga anhõ.] - M. What did God transform in the body of the wife of our first father?
D. Only his rib.
- [M. Mba'epe Tupã oîmonhang îandé rubypy remirekó retéramo?
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: arukanga
Further reading
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “arukanga”, 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 63, column 2