sumarã

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• xumarã

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sũ.mãˈɾ̃ã]
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: su‧ma‧rã

Noun

sumarã (possessable)

1. archenemy; nemesis

   Synonym: amotare'ymbara

   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 118; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Oroîerobîá nde ri, São Lourenço-angaturama. Esarõ oré retama oré sumarã suí.

     We trust you, blessed Saint Lawrence. Protect our land from our archenemies.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sumarã”, 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 448, column 1