abaré

Old Tupi

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.β̞aˈɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ré

Noun

abaré (unpossessable)(Late Tupi)

1. (Christianity) priest, clergyman
2. (Catholicism) Jesuit

Derived terms

• Abarebebé
• abaregûasu

Descendants

• → Portuguese: abaré, Abaré, Avaré

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “abaré”, 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 8, column 1