anhanga ratá

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “devil's fire”. Coined by Jesuits in the 16th century.[1]

Noun

anhanga ratá (unpossessable)

  1. (Christianity, Late Tupi) hell
    Synonym: Anhanga retama

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Anhanga”, 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 39, column 2
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