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Old Tupi
Etymology
Back-formation from tupãoka (“house of worship”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tupãok (noun form tupãoka)
- (Late Tupi, religion) to have a house of worship (usually a Catholic church)
c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço” (chapter XLIV), in , Niterói, page 63, lines 142–146; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 691:Maene, Tupinãba
Paraguaçupe ndaroera,
ytupã ocibae puera
opacatu yamomba
nitibetei çembiroera- [Ma'ẽne, tupinambá
Paragûasupendarûera,
i tupãokyba'epûera,
opakatu îamombá.
N'i tybetéî sembyrûera.] - Look, the Tupinambás
who were in Paraguaçu
and had their churches,
we destroyed them all.
Not even their remains are left.
Declension
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
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