Toritama
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Portuguese
Etymology
Coined in the 20th century, from an unknown compound. Various theories exist:
- From Old Tupi toryba (“happiness”) + Old Tupi etama (“land”)[1]
- From Latin tori + Old Tupi etama (“land”);[2]
- From Torres + Old Tupi etama (“land”);[3]
- From Old Tupi itá (“stone”) + Old Tupi etama (“land”).[3]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Toritama
- A municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil
Derived terms
References
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Toritama”, 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 603, column 2;
- ^ http://toritama.pe.gov.br/acrostico/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.condepefidem.pe.gov.br/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=18393234&folderId=18394117&name=DLFE-89672.pdf