paîé

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paje.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní paje.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [paˈjɛ]
Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: pa‧îé

Noun

paîé (absolute maîé) (possessable)

shaman; witch doctor
(Christianity, Late Tupi, rare) priest
Synonyms: abaré, pa'i
- 1622, “Padre por ordens, ou habito”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 62; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
  Abarê. Paje.
  [Abaré. Paîé.]

Derived terms

gûaîbĩpaîé
paîeangaíba
paîeaíba
paîegûasu
paîekatu
paîemarĩoba
îemopaîé

Descendants

→ Portuguese: pajé, pagé

References

Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 3

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “paîé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 368, columns 1–2

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