Anhanga retama

Old Tupi

Etymology

From Anhanga (“Devil”) +‎ retama (“land”), literally “land of the Devil”.

Compare Guaraní añaretã.

Noun

Anhanga retama (?)

1. (Christianity, hapax legomenon) hell
   • 1586, André Thevet, “Du Goulphre ou Riviere de Ganabara”, in Le Grand Insulaire et Pilotage d’André Thevet [The Great Islander and Piloting of André Thevet], page 253:

     yanga oso ognanga retam

     [I 'anga osó Anhanga retãme.]

     His soul went to hell.

Synonyms

• Anhanga ratá

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Anhanga”, 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 39, column 2
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “etama”, 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 122, column 1