Pindamonhangaba

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi pindá (“fishhook”) +‎ monhang (“to make”) +‎ -ab (circumstantial suffix) +‎ -a (nominal suffix), literally “place of making fishhooks”.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩ.da.mõ.ɲɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/ [pĩ.da.mõ.j̃ɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩ.da.mo.ɲɐ̃ˈɡa.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pĩ.dɐ.mu.ɲɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/ [pĩ.dɐ.mu.ɲɐ̃ˈɡa.βɐ]

Proper noun

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Pindamonhangaba

  1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Pindamonhangaba”, 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 592, column 2
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