kurusá

Old Tupi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cruz.

Compare Paraguayan Guaraní kurusu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ku.ɾuˈsa]
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧sá

Noun

kurusá (possessable)

(Christianity, Late Tupi) cross
Synonyms: îoasaba, ybyrá, ybyraîekunasaba
- 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 122:
  O ati'yba ri kurusá osupi.
  On his own shoulder he lifts the cross.

Descendants

Nheengatu: kurusá

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kurusá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 246, column 1

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