marakanã

Old Tupi

marakanã (Diopsittaca nobilis)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *marakanã.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní marakana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɾa.kãˈnã/
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧ka‧nã

Noun

marakanã (unpossessable)

1. mini-macaw

Derived terms

• marakanã-arara

Descendants

• Nheengatu: marakanã
• → Portuguese: maracanã

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “marakanã”, 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 261, column 2
• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José