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)

1. (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 [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 246, column 1