angawa

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • angá

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi a'angaba.

Noun

angawa (IIf class pluriform, plural angawa-itá, absolute angawa, R1 rangawa, R2 sangawa)

  1. image
  2. signal
  3. picture
  4. (used in kinship relations to indicate spiritual/foster kinships)

Derived terms

References

  • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “angawa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 247
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