abápe nde

Old Tupi

Old Tupi phrasebook

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Alternative forms

abápe ne

Etymology

Literally, “who you?”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aˈβ̞a.pɛ ⁿdɛ]

Phrase

abá pe nde

who are you?
— Abápe nde?
— Pindobusu.
— Who are you?
— Pindobusu.
- c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 46, lines 494–495; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:
  — Abápe nde?
  — Saraûaîa, aîuruîubupîarûera.
  — Who are you? — Saraûaîa, an old enemy of the French.

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “abá?”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 5–6

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