po'ykaraíba

Old Tupi

mbo'ykaraíba

Etymology

From po'yra +‎ karaíb +‎ -a.

Noun

po'ykaraíba (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mo'ykaraíba)

1. (Christianity) prayer beads, rosary beads

   Synonyms: (LGA) po'yra krusá, po'yra kurusá

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Conta benta”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 80: “Boig caraiba [Mbo'ykaraíba]”

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “po'yra”, 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 406, column 2