ka'atinga

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ka'a (“forest”) +‎ ting (“white”) +‎ -a.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ka.ʔaˈtĩ.ŋa]
  • Rhymes: -ĩŋa
  • Hyphenation: ka‧'a‧ti‧nga

Noun[edit]

ka'atinga (unpossessable)

  1. caatinga (sparse, thorny wooded area of northeastern Brazil)
    • 1622, “Tosada barba ser”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume II (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 133; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      […] Caatinga.
      [ […] Ka'atinga.]

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: kaatinga
  • → Paraguayan Guaraní: ka'atĩnga (learned)
  • → Portuguese: caatinga

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ka'atinga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 210, column 1
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