ka'a

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kaa"

Guaraní

Noun

ka'a

1. plant; bush
2. maté (a type of Paraguayan tea)

Related terms

• ka'aguy
• ka'aguygua
• ka'avo
• ka'ay

Kamayurá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈʔa]

Noun

ka'a

1. jungle

References

• Meinke Salzer (1976) “Fonologia Provisória da Língua Kamayurá”, in Série Linguística, volume 5, pages 131–170

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• kaá (superseded)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔa (“forest, leaf”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ka'a and Guaraní ka'a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʔa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ka‧'a

Noun

ka'a (unpossessable)

1. woods; forest (dense collection of trees)
2. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)

   Synonym: akã

3. herb (plant whose stem is not woody)

   Synonym: kapi'i

4. leaf (green, flat organ of most vegetative plants)

   Synonym: oba

5. foliage
6. plant

   Synonym: 'yba

7. hunting ground (area used for hunting)

Derived terms

• ka'aataîa
• ka'abondûara
• ka'aeté
• ka'apa'ũ
• ka'ape só
• ka'apûera
• ka'atinga
• ka'aygûana
• ka'aîara

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kaá
• → Brazilian Portuguese: caá

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ka'a”, 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 207, columns 1–2

Weyewa

Noun

ka'a

1. (Loli) older sibling

References

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010) “ka'a”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat