karaíba

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
Anchieta (1555) caraiba
Thevet (1575) charaïbe
VLB (1622) caraiba

Etymology

    Unknown.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ka.ɾaˈi.β̞a]
    • Rhymes: -iβa
    • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧í‧ba

    Noun

    karaíba (unpossessable)

    1. thaumaturge[1]
    2. (Late Tupi) white man[2][3]
      Synonyms: aîuruîuba, maíra; see also Thesaurus:abá
    3. (Late Tupi, Christianity) Christian[4]
      Synonyms: i mongaraibypyra, i moîasukypyra
      • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 64, lines 202–206; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 119:
        Caraiba naçetai, / ſ. ſebaſtiaõ ae / omondic tata çeçe / imondija, nopitai / amo aba maranape.
        [Karaíba na setáî, / S[ão] Sebastião a'e / omondyk tatá sesé / i mondyîa, n'opytáî / amõ abá maranápe.]
        The Christians weren't many, but Saint Sebastian set fire on [the canoes], making them flee. There was no one left at the place of battle.

    Derived terms

    Noun

    karaíba (possessable) (Christianity, Late Tupi)

    1. sanctity; holiness[5]
      • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 67, lines 311–313; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 125:
        Tupã ae / o caraiba pupe / yanga, çete monhãgi.
        [Tupã aé / o karaíba pupé / i 'anga, seté monhangi.]
        God Himself, with His holiness, made their souls and bodies.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Língua Geral Amazônica: kariba, karyba
      • Nheengatu: kariwa, kariwá (vocative)
        • → Brazilian Portuguese: cariúa
    • → Kariri: kaɾai (Dzubukuá), caraí (Kipeá), carai (Sabujá)

    References

    1. ^ André Thevet (1557–1558), Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 52v: “Charaïbe”
    2. ^ anonymous author (1622), “Homẽ branco, a diferença dos Jndios”, 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 153: “Caraiba”
    3. ^ Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Branca ou branco, fallando de gente”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 8r, column 1, line 13; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 123: “caraíba”
    4. ^ anonymous author (1622), “Cristão”, 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 86: “Caraiba”
    5. ^ anonymous author (1622), “Benta cousa”, 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 54: “Caraiba”

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