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Old Tupi
Etymology 1
Noun
kûá (unpossessable)
- bay; cove[1]
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Interjection
kûá
- poor thing![2]
Etymology 3
Apocopic form of kûab.
Verb
kûá (first-person singular active indicative akûá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akûáî, first-person singular gerund gûikûaba, noun kûaba) (intransitive)
- (São Vicente) Alternative form of kûab
1622, anonymous author, “Passar à uista, ou por a par de algiia cousa”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 67; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Nhoecẽbê robabo ycoay.- [Nhoesembé robábo i kûáî.]
- In front of Nhoesembé he passed.
References
- ^ anonymous author (1622) “Bahia, ou enseada qualquer do mar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 50: “Coa [Kûá]”
- ^ Luís Figueira (c. 1628) “DA INTERIEIÇAM, ſetima parte da oração”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brazilian language] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manoel da Silva, page 80v: “Coà [Kûá]”