samambaîa

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Old Tupi

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samambaîa (sense 1)
samambaîa (sense 2)

Etymology

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From sama (rope) +‎ paîa (weight), literally, weight rope, or more loosely translated as pendant rope, referring to the shape of its leaves.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sã.mãˈᵐba.ja/
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ma‧mba‧îa

Noun

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samambaîa (unpossessable)

  1. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
  2. forked fern (any fern in the genus Dicranopteris)

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: samambaya
  • Portuguese: samambaia (fern)

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “samambaîa”, 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 437, column 1