Monda'y

See also: Monday

Old Tupi

Etymology

From mondá (“thief”) +‎ 'y (“river”), literally “thieves’ river”, in reference—according to Navarro—to the Palmares Quilombo, where the river in question originates;[1] if so, the native term, if it ever existed, is possibly unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monaʔɨ/, [mɔ̃ⁿdaˈʔɨ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: Mo‧nda‧'y

Proper noun

Monda'y

  1. (Late Tupi)[1] A river in Pernambuco Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Mundaú River, Pernambuco and Alagoas, Brazil.[2]

Descendants

  • Portuguese: Mundaú

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Mundaú”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 588, column 2
  2. ^ Blaeu, Joan; Marcgraf, Georg (1647), Praefecturae Paranambucae pars Meridionalis: “Mondai”
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