carneirú

Kariri

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese carneiro. The consonant cluster ⟨rn⟩ is unexpected. Cognate with Língua Geral Paulista karanderu.

Noun

carneirú (unpossessable) (Kipeá)

  1. (hapax legomenon) sheep
    • 1698, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua braſilica da nação kiriri, page 107:
      Dó benhé cuná kenkíché dó ſabucá bohó, dó cradzó bohó, dó carneirú bohó, dó curé bohó dó cabarú bohó diſácrírí ſembohó crobihé batí […]
      May be counted by us our new livestock whether chickens, or cattle, or sheep, or pigs, or horses, that were born in a year […]
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