sokó

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *soko.

    Noun

    sokó (unpossessable)

    1. heron. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
      • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço” (chapter XLIV), in , Niterói, page 66v; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 124:
        Xe giboya, xe coço / xe tamuyuçu Aimbire / Çucuriju, taguato / tamandoa atirabebo / xe anhanga morope.
        [Xe îyboîa, xe sokó, xe tamuîusu Aîmbiré. Sukuriîu, tagûató, tamandûá atyrabebó, xe anhanga moropé.]
        I'm a boa, a heron, I'm the great tamoio Aîmbiré. A anaconda, a goshawk, a shaggy anteater, I'm a people-burning devil.
      1. rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: sukú
    • Brazilian Portuguese: socó

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