kuriboka

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
Marcgrave (1648) curiboca

Etymology

  • Unknown.

    Noun

    kuriboka (unpossessable)

    1. (Late Tupi, hapax legomenon) person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and African descent
      • [1648, Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso, Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VIII, chapter IV (in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 268:
        Natus ex patre Braſilienſi & matre Æthiopiſſa vocatur Curiboca […]
        [One] born of a Brazilian father and a Black mother is called “kuriboka”.]

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: kariwuka
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: caboclo, caboco

    Further reading

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