amana 'ara

Old Tupi

Etymology

  • Literally, “rain's season”.

    Noun

    amana 'ara (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. rainy season
      Synonym: amana gûyrype
    2. winter
      Synonyms: amana gûyrype, ro'y

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: amana-ara

    References

    • Arronches, João de (1739), “INVERNO”, 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 202: “amána ára”
    • Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Tempo […] da chuva”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 40, column 1, line 15; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 251: “amána ára”
    • anonymous author (c. 1757), “Inverno”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] [Brazilian-Portuguese Vocabulary] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica [Chrestomathy of the Brazilian language], Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 78: “amana ara”
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