crusá

Kariri

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi krusá, from Portuguese cruz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾusa/
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

crusá (unknown possessiveness) (Kipeá)

  1. 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.