akanga
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Malagasy[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
akanga
Nheengatu[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Tupi akanga (“head”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ.[1][2] Some senses are semantic loans from Portuguese cabeça.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
akanga
- head (part of the body)
- (figurative) memory
- (figurative) inteligence; mind
- (figurative) reason; sense; discernment
- (figurative) head (leader, chief, mastermind)
- extremity of something, especially when large and/or round
- top of a waterfall or rapid
- (hydrology) fountainhead
- (hydrology) upstream
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Old Tupi akã (“branch”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tãkã, from Proto-Tupian *jãŋã.[2][3]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
akanga (IIf class pluriform, absolute akanga, R1 rakanga, R2 sakanga)
- branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)
- (hydrology) tributary
- limb; appendage
- digit (finger or toe)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu
Verb[edit]
akanga (2nd class)
References[edit]
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “akanga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal][2] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , pages 229–230
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[3] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
Old Tupi[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ.[1] By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) + kanga (“bone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
akanga (possessable)
- head (part of the body)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Nheengatu: akanga
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos[5] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akanga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil[6] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN
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