pereru

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• peîreîru, pereîru

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ferreiro, from Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum + -ārius.

Noun

pereru (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

1. blacksmith (person who forges iron)

   Synonyms: îymonhangara, itá monhangara

References

• João de Arronches (1739) “FERREIRO”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 185: “peireirú”
• Frei Onofre (1751) “Ferreiro”, in José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, editor, Dicionario portuguez, e brasiliano (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, published 1795, page 40, column 2: “Pererû”
• anonymous author (18th century) “Ferreiro”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎^[1] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 54: “Pereirú”