'ykaraíba
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Etymology
Calque of Portuguese água benta, from 'y + karaíb + -a.
Noun
'ykaraíba (possessable)
- (Christianity, Late Tupi) holy water
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VII, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Setimo da ordem de baptizar, [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 142:
- Anhanga nhegoacẽbâba igcaraiba.
- [Anhanga nhegûasembaba 'ykaraíba.]
- The holy water is the reason of Devil's fleeing.
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