Paraná Pixuna

Nheengatu

Etymology

Literally, “black river”.

Proper noun

Paraná Pixuna

1. Rio Negro (a river in Brazil)

   Synonym: Paranawasú

2. (archaic) Tapajós (a river in Brazil)

   Synonyms: Tupayú, Tupayú Paraná

3. (archaic) Paraná-Pixuna (a river in Brazil)

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: Paraná-Pixuna

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “paraná”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 580