# 'anga
## Old Tupi
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔaŋ (“shadow”).

### Noun

'anga (possessable)
* shadow (dark image projected onto a surface)
** c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L$^{ço}$ [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 67, lines 323–327; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 125:Jmboapiaba cuyaba angae çemimotara, moraçeya rerobiara ypia yaiporaca nomoetei omonhangara[I mboapŷaba kuîaba / 'anga é semimotar, moraseîa rerobîara / i py'a îaîporaká / N'omoetéî o monhangara]To empty theyr gourds, shadow is what they really want. The belief in the dance fills their hearts. They don't honor their creator.
* echo (reflected sound)
** 1622, anonymous author, “Toada da fala pollo Eco”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 129; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Xenheẽanga.[Xe nhe'ẽ'anga.]My word's echo.
* shelter
    Synonyms: kûara, teîupara
* reflection (something that is reflected)
** 1622, anonymous author, “Uer-se como em espelho”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 144; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Anheang epiac.[Anhe'angepîak.]I see my own reflection.
* thinking; thought
** 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter XX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 366:Che-encg.[Xe 'anga.]My thought
* back (side of any object which is opposite the front)
    Synonym: akypûera
* (Late Tupi, Christianity) soul (spirit or essence of a person)
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Cãtiga & el ſin Vẽtura” (chapter XXV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 26, column 1, lines 1-7; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 61:yanderubete Ieſu yande recobe meẽgara oimõboreauçucatu yãde amotareimbara anhãga aiba morapitiara yãde anga iucaçara[îandé rubeté Jesus / îandé rekobé me'engara / oîmomboreaûsukatu / îandé amotare'ymbara / anhanga aíba / morapitîara / îandé 'anga îukasara.]Our true father Jesus, donor of our souls. Our enemy, the devil's wickedness, the slaughterer, the killer of our souls, has aflicted him so much.

#### Related terms

* 'ang
* 'angaîpaba
* 'angûera

#### Descendants

* Nheengatu: anga

### References

* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Abrigada, ou abrigo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 18: “Anga ['Anga]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Detraz, aquella parte contraria da dienteira”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 102: “Anga ['Anga]”
* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'anga”, 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 37, columns 1–2