Îurupari

Old Tupi

Etymology

From îuru (“mouth”) +‎ pari (“crooked”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ju.ɾu.paˈɾi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: Îu‧ru‧pa‧ri

Proper noun

Îurupari(North Tupi)

  1. an evil being from Tupian mythology
  2. (Christianity, Late Tupi) the Devil; Satan
    Synonym: Anhanga
    • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines […]‎ (overall work in French and Old Tupi), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 357:
      Cruſſa chèpopéſecoremé, ouyiemo cruſſaue tooure Ieropary oycoue aermé, naſſequeie chouéne ichouy […]
      [Kurusá xe pópe sekóreme, […] kurusá bé t'our é Îurupari oîkobé a'ereme, n'asykyîéî xûéne i xuí […] ]
      If this cross is in my hands, […] let even the Devil come then, I won't fear him.
    • 1618, Cristóvão Valente, compiled by Antônio de Araújo, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Cantigas na lingoa pera os mininos da Sancta Doctrina (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck:
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      [Eîpe'a Îurupari kó 'ara suí […] ]
      Push the Devil away from this day on.

Derived terms
  • abaîurupari
  • gûyráîurupari
  • kunhãîurupari
  • so'oîurupari
  • îurupari

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: Yuruparí
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: Jurupari

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Îurupari”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 201–202
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