pepusantá

Nheengatu

Etymology

Coined by Brazilian translator Rodrigo Godinho Trevisan in 2017, from pepú (“wing”) +‎ santá (“rigid, stiff”), literally “rigid wing”, a calque of Paraguayan Guaraní pepo'atã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˌpu.sãˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pe‧pu‧san‧tá

Noun

pepusantá (plural pepusantá-itá)

1. (neologism) airplane

References

• Rodrigo Godinho Trevisan (2017) Tradução comentada da obra Le Petit Prince, de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, do francês ao nheengatu [Commented translation of the work Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, from French to Nheengatu]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese, French, and Nheengatu), São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, archived from the original on 27 November 2024, pages 195–196