Moacir

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Moacyr

Etymology

Coined by Brazilian writer José de Alencar in 1865, as the name of a character in the novel Iracema. The author derived it from Old Tupi moasy (“to regret”), although he translated it as "son of the pain" in the book.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.aˈsiʁ/ [mo.aˈsih]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mo.aˈsiɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mo.aˈsiʁ/ [mo.aˈsiχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.aˈsiɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mwɐˈsiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mwɐˈsi.ɾi/

Hyphenation: Mo‧a‧cir

Proper noun

Moacir m

a male given name from Old Tupi, of Brazilian usage

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moasy”, 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 286, column 1

[1] Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moasy”, 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 286, column 1

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