îasanã

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.sãˈnã/
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: îa‧sa‧nã

Noun

îasanã (unpossessable)

1. wattled jacana (Jacana jacana)

   Synonym: agûapeasoka

Derived terms

• îasanãgûasu
• îasanãmirĩ

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yasanã
• → Portuguese: jaçanã
  • → English: jacana
  • → Finnish: jassana
  • → Italian: jacana
  • → Swedish: jaçana
  • → Translingual: Jacana

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasanã”, 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 162, column 2