Toritama

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Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Toritama

Etymology[edit]

Coined in the 20th century, from an unknown compound. Various theories exist:

From Old Tupi toryba (“happiness”) +‎ Old Tupi etama (“land”)^[1]
From Latin tori +‎ Old Tupi etama (“land”);^[2]
From Torres +‎ Old Tupi etama (“land”);^[3]
From Old Tupi itá (“stone”) +‎ Old Tupi etama (“land”).^[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.ɾiˈtɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.ɾiˈtɐ.ma/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ, (Portugal) -ɐmɐ
Hyphenation: To‧ri‧ta‧ma

Proper noun[edit]

Toritama

A municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil

Derived terms[edit]

toritamense

References[edit]

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Toritama”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 603, column 2;
^ http://toritama.pe.gov.br/acrostico/
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://www.condepefidem.pe.gov.br/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=18393234&folderId=18394117&name=DLFE-89672.pdf

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