Tagûaíba

Old Tupi

Etymology

• Tagûaí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta.ɡʷaˈi.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iβa
• Hyphenation: Ta‧gûa‧í‧ba

Proper noun

Tagûaíba

1. an evil spirit from Tupian mythology
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VI, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 102v:

     28.p.Erecîquîjpe Anhanga, tagoaîba, curupira Iarupari, coipoteõ abáçupe?

     [Eresykyîpe Anhanga, Tagûaíba, Kurupira, Îurupari koîpó te'õ abá supé?]

     Had you summoned Anhanga, Taguaíba, Curupira, Jurupari or the death of someone?

Derived terms

• tagûaíba

 

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Tagûaíba”, 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 456, column 2