anhanga ratá

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Old Tupi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

anhanga ratá (unpossessable)

  1. (Christianity, Late Tupi) hell

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Anhanga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 39, column 2
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