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Old Tupi
Etymology
From emirekó (“wife”) + eté (“true, legitimate, authentic, genuine”), literally “legitimate wife, true wife”.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: e‧mi‧re‧kó‧e‧té
Noun
emirekoeté (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute temirekoeté, R1 remirekoeté, R2 semirekoeté)
- (Late Tupi) legitimate wife, with whom someone got married in the church
1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter V, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Setimo da ordem de baptizar, (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 134:Clara, y xè Gonçalo orogoàr xeremirecò etéramo Sancta Madre Igreja de Roma tecômonhangába rupi.- [Clara, ixé Gonçalo orogûar xe remirekoetéramo Santa Madre Igreja de Roma tekomonhangaba rupi.]
- Clara, I Gonçalo take you as my legitimate wife, according to the regulations of the Holy Mother Church of Rome.
- the most esteemed or beloved woman, often the last one taken
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