tupãok

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Back-formation from tupãoka (house of worship).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tupãok (noun form tupãoka)

  1. (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.

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