kereîûá

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛ.ɾɛjˈwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ke‧reî‧ûá

Noun

kereîûá (unpossessable)

1. banded cotinga (Cotinga maculata)
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Da criação do mundo, dos Anjos, & ſua cahida” (chapter II), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Segundo do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 37v:

     D. Aob querêjuâ coaracî çocé / Oberabae nungara, T. remimotara rupî / Acê moingoçára.

     [D. Aokereîûá kûarasy sosé oberaba'e nungara, Tupã remimotara rupi asé moingosara.]

     D. Like banded cotinga clothes that shine more than the sun, that make us be in accordance with God's will.

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: crejoá

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kereîûá”, 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 227, column 1
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 248