Kiriri
See also: kirirĩ
English
Alternative forms
- Cariri, Kariri
Etymology
From Portuguese Cariri, and its source, Tupinambá [Term?].
Proper noun
Kiriri
- A member of an indigenous people of eastern Brazil.
- 1979, The Southern Cross, vol. 16-18, p. 19:
- We believe this is the first Kiriri Indian to be in glory with Jesus.
- 1984, Helen R. Lane, translating Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society 2012, p. 433:
- The Cariris fought hand-to-hand with the invaders, and their women leapt upon them too […] .
- 1979, The Southern Cross, vol. 16-18, p. 19: