tupinakyîa

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tu.pĩ.naˈkɨ.ja]
• Rhymes: -ɨja
• Hyphenation: tu‧pi‧na‧ky‧îa

Noun

tupinakyîa (unpossessable)

1. Tupiniquim

   Synonym: tupinikĩ

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Paratij”, in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Helder Perri Ferreira, compilers, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 110, lines 1–8:

     Xeparatij çui
     aiu tupãci repiaca
     guinhemoyegoayegoaka
     xeroribaõamari.
     Cori catu xe ibija
     Jporangatu rece
     çoriba xe yabe
     xeruba tupuna quija.

     [Xe Parati'y suí / aîu Tupã sy repîaka / gûinhemoîegûaîegûaka / xe rorybaûama ri. / Sorykatu xe ybỹîa / I porangatu resé / Soryb, xe îabé / xe ruba tupinakyîa.]

     From the Parati river I come to see God's mother, adorning myself for my coming happiness. Very happy is my core with Her great beauty. He's happy, like me, my Tupiniquim father.

   • c. 1585, Joseph of Anchieta, Na aldeia de Guaraparim [In the village of Guaraparim], Guarapari, page 184, lines 727–731; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Tacejane moxirõ / taçone paratijpe / Tupinaquija reigpe / amo amo taijbõ
     Xete cori reritipe

     [— T'aseîáne moxy rõ. / T'asóne parati'ype / tupinakyîa re'yîpe / amõamõ t'aîybõ.
     — Xete kori Reritype.]

     — I shall leave the evil one at least. I will go to the Parati river, to the Tupiniquim band, to hit some of them with arrows.
     — Unlike you, today I go to Rerytiba.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tupinakyîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 484, column 1