Abarebebé

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • Abaré-bebé

Etymology

From abaré (“priest”) +‎ bebé (“flying”), literally “flying priest”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a.βaˌɾɛ.βɛˈβɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: A‧ba‧re‧be‧bé

Proper noun

Abarebebé

  1. (hapax legomenon) nickname for Leonardo Nunes (1490–1554), Portuguese Catholic priest, for the extreme speed with which he carried out his missionary journeys
    • [1663, Simão de Vasconcellos, Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil [Chronicle of the State of Brazil's Society of Jesus], book I (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 63, column 2, line 68:
      […] vieraõ a porlhe por nome na lingoa do Braſil, Abaré Bebê, que quer dizer Padre que voa.
      They came to give him a name in the Brazilian language: “Abarebebé”, which means “priest that flies.”]

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: Abarebebê

References

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