See also: curupira

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi Kurupira.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: Cu‧ru‧pi‧ra

Proper noun

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Curupira m

  1. a male supernatural being in Brazilian folklore, having hair made of fire and feet turned backwards, a protector of forests

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Kurupira”, 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 245, column 2

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