sapukaîa

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sapuˈkaja/
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pu‧ka‧îa

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡sapukaj.

    Alternative forms

    • 'ybasapukaîa, 'yasapukaîa, sapuka'i

    Noun

    sapukaîa (unpossessable)

    1. sapucaia (Lecythis pisonis)
      • [p. 1583, Fernão Cardim, chapter V, in Do clima e terra do Brasil (in Portuguese); republished in Rodolfo Garcia, editor, Tratados da terra e gente do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro: J. Leite & Cia, 1925, page 59:
        Jaçapucaya. — Esta arvore he das grandes e formosas desta terra […]
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)]
      • [1587, Gabriel Soares de Sousa, chapter LIV, in Notícia do Brasil (in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, 2nd edition, Rio de Janeiro: João Ignancio da Silva, 1879, page 172:
        Afastado do mar da Bahia e perto d’elle se dão umas arvores que chamam Sabucai, que são mui grandes […]
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)]
      • [1618, Ambrósio Fernandes Brandão [attributed], “Dialogo terceiro [Third dialogue]”, in Diálogos das grandezas do Brasil [Dialogues of Brazil's greatnesses] (in Portuguese), Paraíba; republished by ABL, Rio de Janeiro: Officina Industrial Graphica, 1930, page 159:
        […] zabucai, tambem muito estimado pera eixos de engenhos e estearia […]
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)]
    Descendants
    • Nheengatu: sapukaya
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: sapucaia

    Etymology 2

      Ellipsis of gûyrasapukaîa.

      Alternative forms

      • supukaîa

      Noun

      sapukaîa (unpossessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

      1. hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)[1][2][3]
        Synonym: sapukaîa-kunhã
        • a. 1756, Anton Meisterburg, “Enxundia [Bird fat]”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 17r, column 2, line 238; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 159:
          […] çapucaia cabacoéra […]
          [ […] sapukaîa kabakûera […] ]
          Hen’s fat.
      Derived terms
      • sapukaîa miri
      • sapukaîa nheengaramé
      • sapukaîa potyra
      • sapukaîa roka
      • sapukaîa-apŷaba
      • sapukaîa-kunhã
      Descendants

      Etymology 3

        From sapukaî + -a.

        Noun

        sapukaîa (possessable)

        1. verbal noun of sapukaî
        Descendants

        References

        1. ^ Arronches, João de (1739), “GALINHA”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 191: “çopocáia [supukaîa]”
        2. ^ Frei Onofre (1751), “Galinha”, in José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, editor, Dicionario portuguez, e brasiliano [Brazilian and Portuguese dictionary] (overall work in Língua Geral Amazônica and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, published 1795, page 43, column 1: “Çapucáya [Sapukaîa]”
        3. ^ anonymous author (18th century), “Gallinha”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎[1] (overall work in Língua Geral Amazônica and Portuguese), page 11: “Çapucáya [Sapukaîa]”

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