Abatiúna
Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From abatiúna (“black corn”).
Proper noun
[edit]Abatiúna
- (hapax) a male given name
References
[edit]- Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXIII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 186v: “Auattion [Abatiún[a]]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Abatiúna”, 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 9, column 1