paraná

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Nheengatu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    paraná (plural paraná-itá)

    1. river
    2. sea
      Synonym: paranawasú
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    Descendants

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    • Brazilian Portuguese: paraná

    References

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

    Old Tupi

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    Etymology

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      From paranã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paranã.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): [pa.ɾãˈna]
      • Rhymes:
      • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧nã

      Noun

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      paraná (?) (LGA, LGP)

      1. river
        Synonyms: 'y, y
        • a. 1759, anonymous author, Narração que faz um sertanejo a um seu amigo de uma viagem que fez pelo sertão, page 190; republished as Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, “Um texto anônimo, em língua geral amazônica, do século XVIII”, in Revista USP, number 90, São Paulo, 2011 August, →DOI:
          Coritéité aiepabóc,
          Paranà rupí aiparabóc,
          Moçapýr tüibäé uçú,
          Çupí ocepiác pytún uçú.
          [Koritéi té aîepabok, / Paraná rupi aîparabok, / Mosapyr tuîba'e usu, / Supi osepîak pytunusu.]
          Soon I departed. By the river, I chose three very old men. They really saw in the dark.

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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

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        Noun

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        paraná m (plural paranás) (Amazonas, Pará)

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

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