Anhanga pinaîtykaba

Old Tupi Alternative forms Agnen pinaiticane Etymology place where Anhanga throws fishhooks place where Anhanga fishes. Pronunciation tpw /aˈjaŋa pinaitɨˈkaβa/ [ãˈɲãᵑɡə pĩnajtɨˈkaβə] Proper noun tpw proper noun Anhanga pinaîtykaba tpw hapax tpw mythological location frm tpw 1 1575 w:André Thevet XXI Pierre l’Huillier La cosmographie universelle d’André Thevet cosmographe du roy Paris 2 920 https://objdigital.bn.br/objdigital2/acervo_digital/div_obrasraras/or815981/or815981.html#page/991/mode/1up Toutefois voulut il faire vn troiſieme & grãd eſſay ſur eux: pource leur commanda, qu’ils ſ’en allaſſent en vn lieu nommé Agnen pinaiticane,pinaiticaue qui eſt où ils diſent que les morts bruſlent & font ſeicher le poiſſon nommé Alain: enioignant à iceux de luy apporter l’amorce de laquelle Agnen (qui eſt le maling eſprit en leur langue, qui ſouuent les tourmente, comme i’ay veu) prenoit le poiſſon Alain. Nevertheless, he wished to make a third and great trial upon them: for this purpose he commanded them to go to a place called “Anhanga pinaîtykaba”, which is where they say that the dead burn and dry the fish called “Alain”; enjoining them to bring him the bait with which “Anhanga” (who is the evil spirit in their language, who often torments them, as I have seen) caught the “Alain” fish. tpw Afterlife Death Tupi mythology