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Old Tupi
Etymology
From îuru (“mouth”) + pari (“crooked”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: Îu‧ru‧pa‧ri
Proper noun
Îurupari(North Tupi)
- an evil being from Tupian mythology
- (Christianity, Late Tupi) the Devil; Satan
- Synonym: Anhanga
1614, Claude d'Abbeville, Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 357:Cruſſa chèpopéſecoremé, ouyiemo cruſſaue tooure Ieropary oycoue aermé, naſſequeie chouéne ichouy […]- [Kurusá xe pópe sekóreme, […] kurusá bé t'our é Îurupari oîkobé a'ereme, n'asykyîéî xûéne i xuí […] ]
- If this cross is in my hands, let even the Devil come then, I won't fear him.
1618, Cristóvão Valente, compiled by Antônio de Araújo, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Cantigas na lingoa pera os mininos da Sancta Doctrina (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck:(please add the primary text of this quotation)- [Eîpe'a Îurupari kó 'ara suí […] ]
- Push the Devil away from this day on.
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