Anhanga retama

Old Tupi

Anhanga retama

Etymology

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

Compare Guaraní añaretã.

Noun

Anhanga retama (?)

1. (Christianity, Late Tupi) hell
   • 1586, André Thevet, “Du Goulphre ou Riviere de Ganabara”, in Le grand Insulaire et pilotage d'André THEVET, Angoumoisin, cosmographe du Roy, dans lequel sont contenus plusieurs plants d'isles habitées et deshabitées et description d'icelles‎^[1], page 253:

     I 'anga osó Anhanga retãme.

     [original: yanga oso ognanga retam]

     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