xe pó, xe py, abá pó, i py
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Old Tupi
[edit]← 20 | 40 | |
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4[a], [b], [c], [d] | ||
Cardinal: xe pó, xe py, abá pó, i py |
Etymology
[edit]Coined by Portuguese-Brazilian missionary Antônio de Araújo in 1618. Literally, “my hands, my feet, someone's hands, their feet”.
Numeral
[edit]- (hapax, Late Tupi) forty
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Februarius”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 3v:
- Xe pô, xepi, abâ pô, y pi, ara o membira ragoera coabirè, S. Maria o membira IeSVS reraçou T. oc-ipe T. tubape y coabeenga, iudeos recomonhangába rupi.
- [Xe pó, xe py, abá pó, i py 'ara o membyragûera kûab'iré, Santa Maria o membyra Jesus rerasóû tupãokype Tupã Tuba pé i kuabe'enga, judeus rekomonhangaba rupi.]
- Forty days after the birth of her son, Saint Mary took her son Jesus to the synagogue to present him to God the Father, following the Jewish law.