akã

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aka"

Mbya Guarani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ. Cognate with Old Tupi akanga, Paraguayan Guarani akã, Nheengatu akanga.

Noun

akã

1. head
2. mind, thought

Possessed forms

Possessed forms of akã

singular			plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
xeakã	neakã	inhakã	nhaneakã	oreakã	peneakã	inhakã

Related terms

• kã (“bone”)

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ãˈkã]
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: a‧kã

Noun

akã (possessable, IIe class pluriform, absolute sakã, R1 rakã, R2 sakã)

1. branch (of a tree)

   Synonym: akambyra

   • 1622, anonymous author, “Embarrar como o q. uinha pelo Rio abaixo, ou a frecha nos ramos da aruore”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 111; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Çacã rece yiepocoqui.

     [Sakã resé i îepokoki.]

     It got stuck in the branches.

Derived terms

• akamby
• akãpyra

Descendants

• Nheengatu: akanga

References

• anonymous author (1622), “Rama, ou frança da aruore”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 96: “Çacã [Sakã]”
• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “akã”, 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 20, column 2

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa-kaŋ (“skull”). By surface analysis, *ʔa (“head”) + *kaŋ (“bone”). Cognate with Mbya Guarani akã, Nheengatu akanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ãˈkã]

Noun

akã (plural akãnguéra)

1. head

Derived terms

• akãrague (“hair”)