Anhangoby

Old Tupi

Etymology

From Anhanga +‎ oby (“green”).[1]

Proper noun

Anhangoby

  1. (hapax legomenon) a male given name
    • c. 1585, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Na Aldeia de Guaraparim] [In the Village of Guaraparim]” (chapter LXIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Guarapari, page 151v, column 2, lines 346–347; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 287:
      Marapẽde Boyuçu / moro upiar, Anhãgobi?
      [Marãpe nde Mboîusu / Moroupîar, Anhangoby?]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Anhangoby”, 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 40, column 2
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