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Old Tupi
Etymology
From Tupã (“God”) + oka (“house”), coined by Jesuits in the 16th century.
Compare Paraguayan Guaraní tupão.
Pronunciation
Noun
tupãoka (possessable)(Late Tupi)
- (Christianity) church
1618, Antônio de Araújo, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica , Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck:Putuna amõ resé i kerype "xe reriîara Tupãoka eîmonhang" e'i Santa Maria i xupé. "Kó mosaûsuba xe remimotaramo sekó kuapaba."- On a certain night, in their sleep, Saint Mary said to them: "Make a church in my name. This dream is a sign of my will."
- (Judaism) synagogue
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