akanga

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Malagasy[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Swahili kanga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /akaᵑɡạ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

akanga

  1. guinea fowl

Nheengatu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Tupi akanga (“head”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ.[1][2] Some senses are semantic loans from Portuguese cabeça.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

akanga

  1. head (part of the body)
  2. (figurative) memory
  3. (figurative) inteligence; mind
  4. (figurative) reason; sense; discernment
  5. (figurative) head (leader, chief, mastermind)
  6. extremity of something, especially when large and/or round
  7. top of a waterfall or rapid
  8. (hydrology) fountainhead
  9. (hydrology) upstream
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Tupi akã (“branch”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tãkã, from Proto-Tupian *jãŋã.[2][3]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

akanga (IIf class pluriform, absolute akanga, R1 rakanga, R2 sakanga)

  1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)
  2. (hydrology) tributary
  3. limb; appendage
  4. digit (finger or toe)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu

Verb[edit]

akanga (2nd class)

  1. to be branchy
  2. to be leafy
  3. to be cheated on (to be victim of adultery)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “akanga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎[2] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 229–230
  3. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎[3] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Old Tupi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaŋ.[1] By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) +‎ kanga (“bone”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈkã.ŋa/
  • Rhymes: -ãŋa
  • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧nga

Noun[edit]

akanga (possessable)

  1. head (part of the body)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: akanga

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎[4] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading[edit]

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