amana-ara

Nheengatu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *aman

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *amander.

Old Tupi amana

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔarder.

Old Tupi 'ara

Old Tupi amana 'ara

Nheengatu amana-ara

Inherited from Old Tupi amana 'ara.

Noun

amana-ara (uncountable)

1. rainy season

   Synonym: paranawasú

2. winter

   Synonym: paranawasú

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: Amanaara

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “amana-ara”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 238