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Old Tupi
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maíra
- name of a mythical prophet
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: Maíra
References
- André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 28, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 53v: “Mahire”
- Joseph of Anchieta (1584) (overall work in Portuguese); republished as chapter XXIX, 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 332: “Maira”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Maíra”, 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 254, column 1
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi Maíra.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maíra f
- (Brazil) a female given name from Old Tupi