arukanga

Old Tupi

arukanga

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní arukã.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ru‧kan‧ga

Noun

arukanga (possessable)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• arukangûyra

Descendants

• Nheengatu: arukanga

Further reading

• 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