siriapûã

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
Marcgrave (1648) ciri apoa

Etymology

From siri (“crab”) +‎ apûã (“point”), literally “pointy crab”, referring to the big thorns on its appendages.[1]

Noun

siriapûã (?)

  1. (hapax legomenon) blue crab (Callinectes sapidus)
    • [1648, Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso, Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book IV, chapter XIX (in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 183:
      Ciri Apoa Braſilienſibus: Cancer marinus, teſta quaſi ellyptica tectus, quae in medietatis anterioris ora dentata, & in quolibet latere in acutum deſinit angulum […]
      “Siriapûã” from Brazil: Sea crab, covered by a quasi-elliptical carapace that has a serrated border on its anterior half and ends in an acute angle on each side.]

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: siripuã

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “siriapûã”, 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 443, column 1
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