kariîó

Old Tupi

Etymology

• IPA^(key): [ka.ɾiˈjɔ], [ka.ɾiˈʒɔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri‧îó

Noun

kariîó (?)

1. (now historical, South Tupi) an indigenous people that lived in South Brazil
   • 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter XIX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 354:

     Mara-pé perouagérrè-rèrè?
     Margaiat […] Ouétaca […] Ouèauem […] Caraia […] Karios […]

     [Marãpe pe robaîara rera?
     Marakaîá […] Gûaîtaká […] Gûaîanã […] Karaîá […] Kariîó […] ]

     “What are your enemies’ names?”
     “Maracajá, Goitacá, Guaianá, Karajá, Carijó.”

Related terms

• Kariîooka
• Kariîopiara

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: carijó

References

• Fernão Cardim (1585) “Da diversidade de nações e linguas”, in Indios do Brasil (in Portuguese); republished as Capistrano de Abreu, editor, Do principio e origem dos indios do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Gazeta de Noticias, 1881, page 52: “Carijo [Kariîó]”
• Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 354: “Kario [Kariîó]”

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kariîó”, 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 222, column 1