reîa

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Old Tupi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese rei (king).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    reîa (possessable)(Late Tupi)

    1. monarch (ruler of an absolute monarchy; king or queen)
      Synonyms: ubixaba, morubixaba
      • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 124, lines 1476–1480; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:
        Orirẏ nde iucare / tupã çumarã reya / eiori ore requÿa / toroico nde ipipenhe / ore çumarã mõdia
        [Oryry, nde îuká ré, / Tupã sumarã reîa. / Eîori oré rekyîa, / t'oroîkó nde ypype nhẽ, / oré sumarã mondyîa.]
        They tremble after killing you, the kings enemy to God. Come to rapture us, so we can be at your side, and frighten our enemies.
    2. royalty (rank, status, power or authority of a monarch)

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