amana 'ara
Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “rain's season”.
Noun
[edit]amana 'ara (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)
- rainy season
- Synonym: amana gûyrype
- winter
- Synonyms: amana gûyrype, ro'y
Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: amana-ara
References
[edit]- João de Arronches (1739) “INVERNO”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 202: “amána ára”
- Anton Meisterburg (a. 1756) “Tempo […] da chuva”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu, Pará, page 40, column 1, line 15; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, , page 251: “amána ára”
- annonymous (c. 1757) “Inverno”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 78: “amana ara”