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Old Tupi
Etymology
From kunhã (“woman”) + peba (“flat”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kunhambeba
- a male given name
Descendants
References
- Joseph of Anchieta (1565) (overall work in Portuguese), Captaincy of São Vicente; republished as chapter XV, in Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, compiler, Cartas, informações, fragmentos historicos e sermões [Letters, information, historical fragments and sermons] (Cartas jesuiticas; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1933, page 221: “Cunhambéba ”
- Hans Staden (1557) chapter 44, in Warhaftige [Hiſtoria und] beſchꝛeibung eyner Landtſchafft der wilden nacketen/grimmigen menſchfreſſer leuthen/in der newenwelt America gelegen [True history and description of a land of wild, naked, fierce man-eating people located in the New World of America], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Konianbebe ”
- André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 54, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 103v: “Quoniambec ”
- Jean de Léry (1578) “Preface”, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page n38: “Quoniã begue ”
- Simão de Vasconcellos (1663) Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil [Chronicle of the State of Brazil's Society of Jesus], Livro terceiro (overall work in Portuguese), Lisboa: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 308, column 1: “Cunhambéba ”
- Ulisse Aldrovandi (1642) Monſtrorum Hiſtoria (overall work in Latin), Bologna: Nicolai Tebaldini, page 108: “Quonianbec ”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Kunhambeba”, in 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, page 241, column 2