'ykaraiburu

Old Tupi

'ykaraiburu

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
VLB (1624)	igcaraiburu

Etymology

From 'ykaraíba (“holy water”) +‎ uru (“vessel, container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌʔɨ.ka.ɾaˌi.βuˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: 'y‧ka‧ra‧i‧bu‧ru

Noun

'ykaraiburu (?)

1. (Christianity, hapax legomenon, Late Tupi) stoup (holy water font)

Notes

• Although using as source the Vocabulary in the Brasílica Language, where igcaraiburu is recorded, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro mistakenly listed 'ykaraiuru in his dictionary instead of the expected 'ykaraiburu, as shown here.

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Pia dagoa bẽta”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 76: “Igcaraiburu ['Ykaraiburu]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ykaraiuru”, 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 528, column 1