aîká

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajˈka/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: aî‧ká

Noun

aîká (unpossessable)

1. dolphin (carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea)

   Synonym: pukusĩ

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Boto, certo peixe”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 58: “Aicâ. Pucuçĩ. [Aîká. Pukusĩ.]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aîká”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 17, column 1