Frompaku(“pacu”) +‎kaî(“to burn oneself”) +‎-a(nominal suffix), literally“burned pacu”.

• IPA^(key): [paˌkuˈkaj.a]
• Rhymes:-aja
• Hyphenation:Pa‧ku‧kaî‧a

Pakukaîa

1. (now historical) a former Tupinambávillage inSão Vicente Captaincy, nowadays inRio de Janeiro,Brazil
   • 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, page117, lines142–151; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler,Poesias, São Paulo,1956,page691:

     Maene, Tupinãba / Paraguaçupe ndaroera, / ytupã ocibae puera / opacatu yamomba / nitibetei çembiroera // Yaupa Moçupiroca, / Yequej, guatapitiba, / Nheterõya, Paraiba / Guayayo, Carijo oca /Pacucaya, Araçatiba.

     [Ma'ẽne, tupinambá / Paragûasupendarûera, / i tupãokyba'epûera, / opakatu îamombá. / N'i tybetéî sembyrûera. // Îa'upá Mosupyroka, / Îekeí, Gûatapytyba, / Nheterõîa, Paraíba, / Gûaîaîó, Kariîooka, /Pakukaîa, Arasatyba.]

     Look, the Tupinambás who were in Paraguaçu and had their churches, we destroyed them all. Not even their remains are left. We devoured all the Moçupiroca, Jequeí, Guatapitiba, Niterói, Paraíba, Guajajó, Carioca,Pacucaia, Araçatiba.

• → Portuguese:Papucaia

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