Moacir

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Etymology

Coined by Brazilian writer José de Alencar in 1865, as the name of a character in the novel Iracema. The author derived it from Old Tupi moasy (“to regret”), although he translated it as "son of the pain" in the book.[1]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: Mo‧a‧cir

Proper noun

Moacir m

  1. a male given name from Old Tupi, of Brazilian usage

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moasy”, 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 286, column 1
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