pereru

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • peîreîru, pereîru

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Portuguese ferreiro, from Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum + -ārius.

    Noun

    pereru (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. blacksmith (person who forges iron)
      Synonyms: îymonhangara, itá monhangara

    References

    • Arronches, João de (1739), “FERREIRO”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 185: “peireirú”
    • Frei Onofre (1751), “Ferreiro”, in José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, editor, Dicionario portuguez, e brasiliano [Brazilian and Portuguese dictionary] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, published 1795, page 40, column 2: “Pererû”
    • anonymous author (18th century), “Ferreiro”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎[1] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 54: “Pereirú”
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