tapi'irapé

Old Tupi

tapi'irapé

Etymology

From tapi'ira (“tapir”) +‎ pé (“path”).

Compare Paraguayan Guaraní Mborevi Rape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta.piˌʔi.ɾaˈpɛ]

Noun

tapi'irapé (unpossessable)

1. (astronomy, hapax) Milky Way (broad band of diffuse white light, visible in the night sky)
   • 1622, “Caminho de Santiago no ceu, uia lactea”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 64; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Tapijrape.

     [Tapi'irapé.]

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: Tapirapé

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tapi'irapé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 463, column 1