piã

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi piã.

Noun

piã (plural piã-itá) (archaic)

1. yaws
2. grain

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “piã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 594

Old Tupi

Noun

piã (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute miã)

1. yaws

Related terms

• miãmbora

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: piã
• → Brazilian Portuguese: piã
• → French: pian

References

• Joseph of Anchieta (1555) chapter VII, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 31: “miã”
• André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 4, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 86v: “pians [piã]”
• Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XIX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 332: “Pians [piã]”
• Yves d’Évreux (1613–1614) chapter XXX, in Suite de l’Histoire des Choses plus mémorables, advenuës en Maragnan és années 1613 et 1614, volume 1, part 1 (overall work in French), Paris: François Huby, published 1615, page 209: “Pian [Piã]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “piã”, 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 380, column 2

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi piã.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɐ̃/ [pɪˈɐ̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpjɐ̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃
• Hyphenation: pi‧ã

Noun

piã m (plural piãs)

1. (Brazil) Synonym of bouba (“yaws”)

References

• “piã”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “piã”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “piã”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “piã”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024