tupãoka

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tupã (“God”) +‎ oka (“house”), coined by Jesuits in the 16th century.[1]

Compare Paraguayan Guaraní tupão.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tuˌpãˈɔ.ka]
  • Rhymes: -ɔka
  • Hyphenation: tu‧pã‧o‧ka

Noun[edit]

tupãoka (possessable)(Late Tupi)

  1. (Christianity) church
    • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck:
      Putuna amõ resé i kerype "xe reriîara Tupãoka eîmonhang" e'i Santa Maria i xupé. "Kó mosaûsuba xe remimotaramo sekó kuapaba."
      On a certain night, in their sleep, Saint Mary said to them: "Make a church in my name. This dream is a sign of my will."
  1. (Judaism) synagogue

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: tupauku

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tupãoka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 483, column 1
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