kasîana

Old Tupi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese castelhano. It could also be a direct borrowing from Spanish, as Spaniards were present to some extent in 16th century Brazil and Anchieta himself was a native speaker of it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈsjã.na]
• Rhymes: -jãna
• Hyphenation: ka‧sîa‧na

Noun

kasîana (?)

1. Spaniard

   Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:abá

   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 74; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

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     [Aûîé nipó! Kasîanamo t'aîkó.]

     Alright! I shall be a Spaniard.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kasîana”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 223, column 2