Estudos do léxico Potiguara (PB): linguagens do mangue e identidade

Abstract

Indigenous peoples who, at some point, have suffered incisive contact with non-indigenous people, losing distinctive aspects of their ancestors, have been undergoing prejudice, mostly due to stereotypes linked to the indigenous people. As a study with the Potiguara people of Paraíba, this master's thesis aims to demystify the stereotype related to ethnic identity linked to the use of the indigenous ancestral language. The object of this study is the Potiguara lexicon used in the mangrove (manguezal). This research aimed to answer the following problem: how does the lexical repertoire of the Potiguara people of Paraíba, specifically the vocabulary used in the mangrove, relate to their ethnic identity? To solve the question, the research was based on the following general objective: to analyze lexical items used in the context of the mangrove by the Potiguara people of Paraíba to support the ethnolinguistic characteristics marked along the Potiguara territory. The specific objectives are the following: identify the lexical items present in the speech of the Potiguara people related to the mangrove experience; examine how the study of mangrove lexicon is articulated with the social aspects of Potiguara life; investigate the meanings and uses of these lexical items in the utterance of Potiguara identity. To achieve the objectives, field research employed observation and application of social forms (Bortoni-Ricardo, 2004) and a questionnaire. The study featured five Potiguara employees who work or have worked on the mangrove. The lexical data collected were compared to academic papers and the following dictionaries: Dicionário de Silveira Bueno - Vocabulário Tupi-Guarani Português (1998); Dicionário de Eduardo de Almeida Navarro - Dicionário Tupi Antigo: A língua indígena clássica do Brasil (2013); Dicionário de Candido de Figueiredo - Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa (1913); and the Dicionário Michaelis Online. The results showed that, through the analysis of lexical units and discourses of belonging and connection to the mangrove environment, the Potiguara people of Paraíba use lexical items socio-historically motivated by the relations of speakers to the territory and their territorialities.

MIMOMIRĨ

A'e abaeté anama, a'eibé nabaeté ruãetá remierobykatãnamo sekóreme okanhem o amyipaguama rekoabeté mba'e aé, a'e oiporará a'epuerabé tekomonhangaíba inã, ta'angabatãa'uba abé a'e abaeté apytĩndaba resé. Kó nhembo'esaba Potĩguara anama Paraíbyguara resenduara rupi, kó dissertação oipotar 'anga'umombora ta'angabatã'auba oioguerekó i anama rekoesaba i anama abanhe'engypy poru resenduara. Kó morabykyaba oguerekó nhembo'esaba mba'eetéramo Potĩguara nhe'endybeté guapara'ytyba pupé i porupyra. Kó minguabekara osobaixuara'ang kó marandaba: marãngatueté Potĩguara Paraíbyguara nhe'endybeté tyba a'e nhẽ i nhe'endyba guapara'ytyba pupé i porupyra, a'e oioguerekó serã i anama rekoesaba resé? Oré aipo robaixuapotara resé, oré reminguabekara remiekarusu nã: nhe'endybeté mba'e ra'anga, a'e Potĩguara Paraíbyguara remiporu guapara'ytyba pupenduara, ananhe'egakuapaba rekoaba moatãndaguama resé Potĩguara retãme sa'angypyra resé. A'e miekara paraba resé, oré orosa'ang: nhe'endybeté mba'e Potĩguara nhe'enga pupé oikoba'e guapara'ytyba pupé sekó resenduara supé guasema; marã nhe'endybeté resé nhembo'esaba guapara'ytyba resé Potĩguara anama rekobesaba resé ioguerekó ra'anga; iekuapabesabetá kuabekara aipó nhe'endybeté mba'e poruaba Potĩguara rekoesaba mba'emombeguaba pupé oikoba'e, miekara supé îekosupápe, oré oroimoingó nhũme miekara mba'eandupaba rupi, oroimoingó anamaresé-papera (Bortoni-Ricardo, 2004) morandutyba abé. Kó nhembo'esaba oguerekó mbó Potĩguara moropytỹboana a'e guapara'yba pupé umã oporabykýba'e. Oré orosa'ang aipó nhe'endybeté iekuapaba i po'opyra nhembo'esabusu porabykyabetá resé kó nhe'enguru resebé: Dicionário de Silveira Bueno - Vocabulário Tupi-Guarani Português (1998); a'e Dicionário de Eduardo de Almeida Navarro - Dicionário Tupi Antigo: A língua indígena clássica do Brasil (2013); a'e Dicionário de Candido de Figueiredo - Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa (1913); a'e Dicionário Michaelis Online abé. Oré iekuapaba ra'anga moauié riré, oré oroiandub, nhe'endybeté mba'e ra'anga rupi guapara'ytyba mba'e resé abá nhe'engabetá rupi guapara'ytyba tekoaba resé abá ioguerekosaba, Potĩguara Paraíbyguara oiporu nhe'endybeté mba'e anamboranduba ri i mopyatãmbyra onhe'engyba'e setama setama resenduara abé ioguerekosaba suí.