paîé

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paje.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní paje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paˈjɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧îé

Noun

paîé (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute maîé)

  1. shaman; witch doctor[2]
  2. (Christianity, Late Tupi, rare) priest[3]
    Synonyms: abaré, pa'i

Derived terms

  • gûaîbĩpaîé
  • paîeangaíba
  • paîeaíba
  • paîegûasu
  • paîekatu
  • paîemarĩoba
  • îemopaîé

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: payé
  • → Portuguese: pajé, pagé

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 185, line 440
  2. ^ André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 36, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 65: “Pagés [Paîé]”
  3. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Padre por ordens, ou habito”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 62: “Paje [Paîé]”
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