pajé

See also: paje and pajë

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi paîé.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧jé

Noun

pajé m (plural pajés)

  1. (Brazil) a type of shaman in some indigenous cultures in Brazil
    Synonyms: xamã, curandeiro

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

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