enduape

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from German Enduape, itself borrowed from Old Tupi îandûaba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.duˈa.pi/ [ẽ.dʊˈa.pi], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈdwa.pi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.duˈa.pi/ [ĩ.dʊˈa.pi], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈdwa.pi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.duˈa.pi/ [ẽ.dʊˈa.pi], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈdwa.pi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.duˈa.pi/ [ĩ.dʊˈa.pi], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈdwa.pi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.duˈa.pe/ [ẽ.dʊˈa.pe], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈdwa.pe/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.duˈa.pe/ [ĩ.dʊˈa.pe], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈdwa.pe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈdwa.pɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -api, (Southern Brazil) -ape, (Portugal) -apɨ
• Hyphenation: en‧du‧a‧pe

Noun

enduape m (plural enduapes)

1. headdress used by the Tupi Indians on their buttocks, which was hung from the waist
   • 1851, Gonçalves Dias, chapter 1, in I-Juca-Pirama‎^[1], page 2:

     A coma lhe cortam, os membros lhe tingem,
     Brilhante enduápe^[sic] no corpo lhe cingem,
     Sombreia-lhe a fronte gentil canitar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “enduape”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “enduape”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “enduape”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024