abápe nde

Old Tupi

Old Tupi phrasebook

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Alternative forms

• abápe endé

Etymology

Literally, “who you?”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈβ̞a.pɛ ⁿdɛ]

Phrase

abápe nde

1. who are you?

   — Abápe nde?
   — Pindobusu.

   — Who are you?
   — Pindobusu.

   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 46, lines 494–495; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     — Abápe nde?
     — Saraûaîa, aîuruîubupîarûera.

     — Who are you? — Saraûaîa, an old enemy of the French.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “abá?”, 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, pages 5–6