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Old Tupi
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Etymology 1
From emi- (passive deverbal preffix) + aûsub (“to love”) + -a.[1]
Noun
miaûsuba (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute miaûsuba, R1 remiaûsuba, R2 semiaûsuba, R3 o emiaûsuba)
- loved one
1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter V, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 26v:Marã oicobotepe, / Ace Anhãga rẽbiauçubamo cecou?- [Marã oîkobotepe asé Anhanga rembiaûsubamo sekóû?]
- But acting in what way, being the people Devil's loved one?
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
miaûsuba (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute miaûsuba, R1 remiaûsuba, R2 semiaûsuba, R3 o emiaûsuba)
- slave
- Synonym: tapuîa
1645 October 4, Antônio Filipe Camarão, Letter to Antônio Paraupaba (Camarão Indians' letters; 2), page 1:(please add the primary text of this quotation)- [Memẽ ã karaíba nde remikugûakaturamo sekóû, nhandé resé ogû emiaûsupotaramo]
- These whites are always, as you are well aware, wanting us as their own slaves.
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