maxaru

Old Tupi

maxaru (in the hand of the Tupinambá on the right)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese machado (“axe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.ʃaˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ma‧xa‧ru

Noun

maxaru (?)

1. (hapax legomenon) axe

References

• Jehan Lamy (c. 1540) Le langaige du breſiL [The language of Brazil]‎^[1] (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 53v, line 44: “macharron [maxaru]”
• Jehan Lamy (c. 1540) Le langaige du breſiL [The language of Brazil]‎^[2] (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 54, line 60: “marsarron [maxaru]”