ugûyká

Old Tupi

Etymology

From ugûy (blood) +‎ (to break).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uˌwɨˈka]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: u‧gûy‧ká

Verb

ugûyká (first-person singular active indicative asugûyká, first-person singular negative active indicative n'asugûykáî, noun ugûyká) (transitive)

  1. to deflower (to take away the sexual virginity of someone, especially a woman or girl)
    Synonym: mombuk
    • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter 7, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Livro Sexto do Confessionário [ ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 103v:
      Ereçuguîcape cunhã taim amô? cemimotára rupipe, coipô y popî atãbápe?
      [Eresugûykápe kunhataĩ amõ? Semimotara rupipe koîpó i popyatãmbápe?]
      Did you deflower any girl? According to her will or did she resist completely?
    • 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, chapter 6, in Bartolomeu de Leão, editor, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa [Brazilian Catechism of the Christian Doctrine], 2 edition, Cateciſmo [] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 106:
      Oiaby etépe aipóbäé cunhãtäĩ ruguycaçâra?
      [Oîabyetépe aîpoba'e kunhataĩ rugûykasara?]
      Do those who deflower girls transgress this a lot?

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