'yporu

Old Tupi 250px|thumb|right|The idea of a flood was part of the Tupi cosmology before the arrival of the Europeans. Etymology From tpw 'y poru water man-eater. Cognate with gug yporu. Pronunciation tpw [ʔɨ.pɔˈɾu] tpw u 3 Noun deluge, flood Moropotara resé, pa'i Tupã opab erimba'e yby pora, apŷaba, kunhã abé, 'yporu pupé i mokanhemi, Anhanga ratápe seîtyka aûîeramanhẽ, oito nhõ o nhe'enga rupi tekoara oporomonhangyba'erama raûsubá, 'yporu supé i mokanhemukare'yma. Moropotâra recè Pay Tûpã opab erimbaè ibí pôra apîâba, cunhã abè igporû popè ymocanhemi, Anhanga ratâpe ceitîca, auyerâmanhe. Oitonhõ onheenga rupí tecoára oporômonhang baeráma raucûbâ, igporû çupe ymonhã canhemucãreîma. Because of lust, the lord God once all the inhabitants of the earth, men, women as well, with a flood destroyed them, casting them into the fire of the Devil forever, having compassion only on eight who lived according to his own word and who would bear children, not letting the flood destroy them. 106v VI VII Further reading 1 'yporu 531