tacape

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Etymology

Uncertain. Navarro states it's a borrowing from Old Tupi itangapema, although he doesn't explain the loss of I and MA and the denasalization of NG.[1] Many other authors mention an unattested takapé.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -api
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ca‧pe

Noun

tacape m (plural tacapes)

  1. (Brazil) warclub
    • 1865, José de Alencar, chapter V, in Iracema, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de Vianna & Filhos, page 19:
      Fica tu, escondido entre as igaçabas de vinho, fica, velho morcego, porque temes a luz do dia, e só bebes o sangue da vítima que dorme. Irapuam leva a guerra no punho de seo tacape.
      You stay among the wine pots, you old bat, for you fear the daylight and only drinks the blood of the sleeping victim. Irapuam takes the war in his warclub’s handle.
    • 1944, Monteiro Lobato, “O Pomo das Hespérides”, in Os Doze Trabalhos de Hércules, 15 edition, volume 2, O Dragão de Cem Cabeças; republished as Os Doze Trabalhos de Hércules (Obras completas de Monteiro Lobato; 17), São Paulo: Editôra Brasiliense, 1967, page 230:
      Pedrinho sossegou e, erguendo o tacape no máximo, desceu o com tôda a fôrça sôbre a cabeça número um dragão. Era dura. Foi o mesmo que dar uma numa pedra.
      Pedrinho settled down and, rising his warclub to the highest, brought it down on the dragon's number one head. It was hard. It was the same as hitting a rock.
    • 2009 April, André Caramuru Aubert, “A falta que um tacape faz”, Antivírus, in Trip, number 176, São Paulo: Trip, page 142:
      Mais bem alimentados, eram mais altos e mais fortes que os portugueses, excelentes arqueiros e hábeis usuários do tacape (grande porrete usado para abrir ao meio a cabeça do inimigo) […]
      More well-fed, they were taller and stronger than the Portuguese, excellent bowsmen and skillful in the use of the warclub (big club used to split the enemy's head).

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “itaîngapema”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 192, columns 1–2
  2. ^ “tacape”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  3. ^ “tacape”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
  4. ^ “tacape”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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