puraké

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Old Tupi

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pu‧ra‧ké

Etymology 1

poraké (sense 1)
poraké (sense 2)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *purake.

Compare Paraguayan Guaraní porake.

Alternative forms

Noun

puraké (unpossessable)

  1. (North Tupi, hapax) electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)[1]
  2. chola guitarfish (Pseudobatos percellens)[2][3]
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: puraké
  • Brazilian Portuguese: poraquê, poroquê, puraquê

Etymology 2

Noun

puraké (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute muraké)

  1. elbow (joint between upper arm and forearm)[4]
    Synonym: endybangã
Usage notes
  • Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, from 1622, states that puraké was only used in the Captaincy of São Vicente, current São Paulo state. The inherited term in Northern Brazil's Nheengatu, however, shows that the word was known in a wider area.[5]
Descendants

Etymology 3

Adjective

puraké (noun form puraké)

  1. deceptive
    Coordinate term: nhe'engyrygûan
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Refalçado ser nas palauras”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 99; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Xenheengpuraquê.
      [Xe nhe'ẽpuraké.]
      My deceptive words.
Declension

References

  1. ^ Christovão de Lisboa (c. 1631) Historia dos animaes e arvores do Maranhão [History of Maranhão's animals and trees]‎ (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon, page 172v:poraque [poraké]
  2. ^ Fernão Cardim (p. 1583) “A Treatiſe of Braſil, written by a Portugall which had long lived there”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Francis Cooke, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VII, chapter I § VI (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1314:Puraque [Puraké]
  3. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book IV, chapter VI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 151:Puraqve [Puraké]
  4. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Cotouelo”, 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 84:Puraquê [Puraké]
  5. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “puraké²”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 638