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karaibebé

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Coined by Jesuits in the 16th century, from karaíba (“Christian”) +‎ bebé (“flying”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ka.ɾaˌi.β̞ɛˈβ̞ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧i‧be‧bé

Noun

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karaibebé (possessable)

  1. (Christianity, Late Tupi) angel
    Synonym: apŷabebé
    • 1618, Cristóvão Valente, compiled by Antônio de Araújo, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Cantigas na lingoa pera os mininos da Sancta Doctrina (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 6:
      Peyôri apiàbetà
      Oyepé tiay moêté
      Yandé caraîbèbê
      [Peîori apŷabetá
      Oîepé t'îaîmoeté
      Îandé karaibebé]
      Come, men. We shall honor in unisson our angel.
    • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 50; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:
      Pe îabi'õ Pa'i Tupã karaibebé moingóû. A'e pe mopyatã; a'e kó pe sumarã pe 'anga suí i mondóû.
      For each one of you, Lord God has charged an angel. He makes you strong; he shoos away your enemies from your souls.

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: karaiwewé

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “karaibebé”, 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 220, column 1
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