Gûenũ

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Old Tupi

Map of the Bay of All Saints highlighting Ilha dos Frades, in green

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Gûe‧nũ

Proper noun

Gûenũ

  1. An island located in the Bay of All Saints in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, equivalent to modern-day Ilha dos Frades
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Chegar-se indo como o caminhante ao lugar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 73; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Arocacar guenũ.
      [Arokakar Gûenũ.]
      I approached Ilha dos Frades.

Descendants

  • Portuguese: Guenum

References

  • anonymous author (1622) “Jlha dos Frades na Bahia”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 10:Guenũ [Gûenũ]