Peró

Either borrowed from Old Tupi Peró, or already directly from Portuguese Pero.

• IPA^(key): /peɾo/
• Rhymes: -o

Peró (unknown possessiveness) (Kipeá)

1. a male given name from Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter
   • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri, page 59:

     Però dupari dumará.

     Peter, the one who kills his own enemy.

   • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri, page 59:

     Però dipacriri hinhà […] Sipacritè hinhà.

     Peter, the one who was killed by me […] the thing killed by me.

   • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri, page 68:

     Wicri Però mo ſerà Pãulo.

     Peter went to Paul’s house.

   • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri, page 70:

     Icrikiè Però endohò bo dinhikienghi eyai, bo duriwò enà, bo dimŷ enà do erendè.

     Peter asks of you that he cause compassion to you, that he be helped by you, that he be taken by you as your friend.

   • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri, page 71:

     Sucà Però do dibŷſaprì.

     Peter wants to be whipped.

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾu/

Peró m

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• peroan m, peroana f

Borrowed from Portuguese Pedro.

Peró

1. a male given name from Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Alcançar ia a alguẽ q. uay caminhando”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 30; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Aço Pero rupigtigca igpe.

     [Asó Peró rupytyka 'ype.]

     I went to the river to catch up with Peter.