crusá
Kariri
Alternative forms
- kɾudza (Dzubukuá)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi krusá, from Portuguese cruz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾusa/
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
crusá (unknown possessiveness) (Kipeá)
- cross
- 1698, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua braſilica da nação kiriri, page 28:
- Nó ibenhété cruſá dó nunhé hietſãdé ená bó cú-Tupã idzené dzumarãdé mó idzé Padzú Inhurã nódehẽ Eſpirito Sãto nodehẽ.
- By the sign of the cross, may we be freed by you, O our God, from our enemies in the name of the Father, of the Son also, of the Holy Spirit also.