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Old Tupi
Pronunciation
Noun
apixara (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tapixara, R1 rapixara, R2 sapixara)
- a colleague, a companion, someone on the same status in the indigenous society, a simile, mate, friend
- L. Figueira, Arte da Língua brasilica (1621):
- Tapi'ira osó ogû apixara pyri.
- The bull went close to its own companion(s).
- which looks like, the similar to
- J. de Anchieta, Teatro, 128, (1730):
- Nde rapixara pixé, mba'enem-y îu!
- Thou art like a scorch, you stinking thing!
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References
- FIGUEIRA, L. Arte de Grammatica da Língua brasilica, 1621.
- NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil, São Paulo, Global, 2013.