Abatiposanga

Old Tupi

Etymology

From abati (“corn”) +‎ posanga (“medicine”).[1]

Proper noun

Abatiposanga

  1. a male given name
    • 1557, Hans Staden, chapter 50, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 1 (in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page:
      Wie ſie mich nu dar bꝛachten / vberliefferten ſie mich eynem Kuͤnige Abbati Boſſange genant
      When they brought me, they handed me over to a king named Abatiposanga.

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: Abatipoçanga (learned)

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Abatiposanga”, 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 8, column 2
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