paraná

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• paranã

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi paranã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paranã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paraˈna/, [pa.ɾaˈna]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ná

Noun

paraná (plural paraná-itá)

1. river
2. sea

   Synonym: paranawasú

Related terms

• paraname
• paranapura
• paranawara
• paranawasú
• Paranawasú
• Paraná Pitinga
• Paraná Pixuna
• paraná-apara
• paraná-kiwa
• paraná-petekasawa

 

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: paraná

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “paraná”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 579–580

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Nheengatu paraná, from Old Tupi paranã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paranã.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈna/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ná
• Homophone: Paraná

Noun

paraná m (plural paranás) (Amazonas, Pará)

1. a channel separating a braid bar from mainland
2. a channel conecting two rivers

References

• “paraná”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “paraná”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “paraná”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “paraná”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024