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anera

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See also: ànera

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From an older form *anedra (with later assimilation of /dr/ to /rr/), derived from Vulgar Latin *anatria, from Latin anatem. Compare Italian anatra, Istriot ànera, Venetan ànara and others.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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anera f

  1. duck

References

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  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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    Adapted borrowing of Portuguese anel +‎ -a A more expected adaptation would be *andera.

    Noun

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    anera (possessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. ring (round piece of metal worn around the finger)
      Synonym: mûãnha'ã

    References

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    • Arronches, João de (1739), “ANÉL”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 97:anéra
    • Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Anel da mesma maneira”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 4r, column 1, line 9; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 109:anéra
    • anonymous author (18th century), “Annel”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎[1] (overall work in Língua Geral Amazônica and Portuguese), page 5:Anera