paranã robá

Old Tupi

Etymology

From paranã (“sea”) +‎ robá (“face”).

Noun

paranã robá (unpossessable) (Língua Geral Paulista)

  1. (hapax legomenon) beach

References

  • anonymous author (18th century), “Praia”, in Língua geral dos índios das Américas [General language of the Indians of the Americas]‎[1] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Paulista), page 4, line 236: “paranân rovâ”
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