angaîpaba

Old Tupi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔaŋ

Old Tupi 'anga

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aiβ

Old Tupi aíb

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi aíba

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ

Old Tupi -sab

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi angaîpaba

From 'anga (“soul”) +‎ aíba (“wickedness”) +‎ -sab (instrumentalizer suffix) +‎ -a. Coined by Jesuits in the 16th century.

Noun

angaîpaba (possessable) (Late Tupi, Christianity)

1. sin (violation of divine will or religious law)

   Synonyms: ekoaíba, ekoangaîpaba, ekopoxy, ekopoxŷaba

2. sinner (person who has sinned)

   Synonym: angaîpabora

Related terms

• angaîpab
• angaîpabora
• i angaîpaba'e

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: angaipawa

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “angaîpaba”, 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 38, column 1