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purangasawa

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Nheengatu

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Aphrodite, an ancient Greek goddess associated with beauty

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From puranga (beautiful) +‎ -sawa (nominalizing suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pu.ˌɾã.ɡa.ˈsa.wa]
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  • Hyphenation: pu‧ran‧ga‧sa‧wa
  • Rhymes: -awa

Noun

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purangasawa (plural purangasawa-itá)

  1. beauty
    Ne purangasawa katú retana se resá-itá supé.
    Your beauty is really good for my eyes.
    • 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 78:
      — Umanú ramé awá yasaisú waá, yané rikwesawa ti ana urikú nẽ yepé purangasawa.
      — When the one we love dies, our life no longer has any beauty.
  2. kindness

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