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Nheengatu
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Tupi poranga (“beauty”, noun), reanalyzed as an adjective, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *poraŋ, from Proto-Tupian.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: pu‧ran‧ga
- Rhymes: -ãɡa
Adjective
[edit]puranga
- beautiful
- Indé puranga retana!
- You are very beautiful!
- 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 33:
- Ximiriku Irasi. Aé puranga mayé yasí yawé.
- His wife was Iraci. She was as beautiful as the moon.
- good, right
- Puranga ara, se mimbira!
- Good morning, my son!
- 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 13:
- José unheẽ: — Se pirá-itá puranga piri ne pirá-itá suí.
- José says: — My fish are better than yours.
Adverb
[edit]puranga
- beautifully
- well
- Asasá puranga. Kwekatú reté!
- I do well. Thank you very much!
- 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 30:
- — Ixé ambaú manungara ti waá umunhã puranga ixé arama.
- — I ate something that did not go well on me.
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ÁVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, page 640
- DA CRUZ, Aline (2011) Fonologia e gramática do nheengatu: a língua geral falada pelos povos baré, warekena e baniwa, →ISBN, page 41
- NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2015) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil, 1st reprint, Global Editora, →ISBN, pages 396 and 397
- NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 107
Categories:
- Nheengatu terms inherited from Old Tupi
- Nheengatu terms derived from Old Tupi
- Nheengatu terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Nheengatu terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Nheengatu terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Nheengatu terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Nheengatu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Nheengatu/ãɡa
- Nheengatu lemmas
- Nheengatu adjectives
- Nheengatu terms with usage examples
- Nheengatu terms with quotations
- Nheengatu adverbs