piã

Nheengatu

Etymology

  • Inherited from Old Tupi piã.

    Noun

    piã (plural piã-itá) (archaic)

    1. yaws
    2. grain

    References

    • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (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
    • miãmbora

    Descendants

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

    References

    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