Tupã Ta'yra

Old Tupi

Etymology

Calque of Portuguese Deus Filho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tũˈpã taˈʔɨ.ɾa]

Proper noun

Tupã Ta'yra

1. (Christianity, Late Tupi) God the Son

   Synonyms: Îandé Îara, Îesu

   • 1687, João Filipe Bettendorff, Compendio da Doutrina Christãa Na lingua Portugueza, e Brasilica [Compendium of the Christian Doctrine in the Portuguese and Brasílica Language] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 43; republished as José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, editor, Lisbon: Offic. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1800:

     M. Cetépe Tupã Tûba, Tupã Täŷra, Tupã Espirito Santo? acẽ iabé?
     D. Natecëí: Tupã Täŷra äé, iande iabé, apyâbamo onhemonhanghiré é, cetéramo cöyté, acẽ iabẽ.

     [M. Setépe Tupã Tuba, Tupã Ta'yra, Tupã Espírito Santo? Asé îabé?
     D. Na setéî: Tupã Ta'yra a'e, îandé îabé apŷabamo o nhemonhang'iré é, setéramo ko'yté, asé îabé.]

     Does God the Son, God the Father, God the Holy Ghost have a body like us? / He has no body: God the Son, however, after making Himself man like us, had, in the end, a body like us.

Related terms

• Tupã Tuba

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos [Modern method of Old Tupi: the language of Brazil's early centuries]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN