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Old Tupi
Etymology
From pu'am + -a.
Noun
pu'ama (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mu'ama)
- assault (violent onset or attack)
16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Dança” (chapter LXXIV), in , page 172v, lines 70–73; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 323:Noipotari yanderi / yandeçumarãpuama / yandereco caturãma / oi meenguca iepi.- [N'oîpotari îandé ri / îandé sumarã pu'ama / îandé rekokaturama / oîme'enguká îepi]
- She didn't want our enemies' assault onto us, always making them give [us] our future happiness.
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: muamba
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