akanga

Malagasy

Etymology

From Swahili kanga.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

akanga

  1. guinea fowl

Nheengatu

Etymology 1

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

    Alternative forms

    • akã, akãi (obsolete)

    Noun

    akanga (plural akanga-itá)

    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
    • akanga-así
    • akangaisima
    • akangawasú
    • akangaíma
    • akangaíwa
    • kawarú-akanga

    Etymology 2

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

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    akanga (IIf class pluriform, plural akanga-itá, 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

    akanga (2nd class)

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

    References

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

    Old Tupi

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ. By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) +‎ kanga (“bone”).

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    akanga (possessable)

    1. head (part of the body)
      Synonym: 'a
    • akangagûá
    • akangaoba
    • akangaso'îaba
    • akangatara
    • akangaíba
    • akangupaba
    • akangyapé
    • akangá
    • akangûyra
    • ararakanga
    • gûyraakangasaba
    • ka'aakanga
    • karagûataakanga
    • Ma'eakanga
    • piraakangatá
    • Sûasuakanga
    • îagûarakangusu
    • îakuakanga

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: akanga

    References

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