itakysé
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
| Historical spellings | |
|---|---|
| Pigafetta (1519) | tacse |
| Lamy (1540) | taxe |
| Thevet (1575) | tassé / taxe |
| Léry (1578) | itaxé / taxe |
| d'Évreux (1615) | ytaxé |
| VLB (1622) | itaquîce / jtaquicê / jtaquigcê |
Etymology
From itá (“stone, metal, iron”) + kysé (“knife”). First attested in 1519 during the circumnavigation voyage of Ferdinand Magellan. Compare Guajajára takihe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /itakɨse/, [iˌtakɨˈsɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: i‧ta‧ky‧sé
Noun
itakysé (?)
- knife[1][2]
- Synonym: kysé
- 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter 20, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 346:
- Ereroupè itaxé amo
- [Ererupe itakysé amõ?]
- Have you brought some knives?
- 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter 20, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 346:
- Taxe miri
- [Itakysemirĩ]
- Small knives
- 1622, anonymous author, “Sinal como da cortadura de faca, dentada, unhada, etc.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 118; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
- Itaquîceporuera
- [Itakyseporûera]
- Stab wound
- (literally, “Sign that was from a knife”)
- (strictly) steel knife[3]
- 1864, Albert L. Herold, chapter 50, in Voyage dans le Nord du Brésil, fait durant les années 1613 et 1614 par le Père Yves d’Évreux ; publié, d’après l’exemplaire unique conservé à la Bibliothèque impériale de Paris, avec une introduction et des notes par M. Ferdinand Denis,… [Voyage in the North of Brazil, undertaken during the years 1613 and 1614 by Father Yves d’Évreux; published, based on the unique copy preserved at the Imperial Library of Paris, with an introduction and notes by Mr. Ferdinand Denis,…][2], page 224:
- Ereroupé Ytaxé amo?
- [Ererupe itakysé amõ?]
- Have you brought some steel knives?
Derived terms
- itakysegûasu
- itakyseuru
Descendants
- → Portuguese: Itaquicé (learned)
References
- ^ anonymous author (1622), “Faca”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 133: “Jtaquigcê”
- ^ Jehan Lamy (c. 1540), “ung coustre”, in Le langaige du breſiL [The language of Brazil][1] (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 54, line 62: “taxe”
- ^ Yves d’Évreux (1613–1614), chapter 50, in Suite de l'Histoire des Choses plus mémorables, advenuës en Maragnan és années 1613 et 1614, volume 2, part 1 (overall work in French), Paris: François Huby, published 1615, page 399: “Ytaxé”