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ararakanga

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ararakaŋ. By surface analysis, arara (“macaw”) ‎ akanga (“head”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ararakanga (unpossessable)

  1. scarlet macaw (Ara macao)

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: ararakanga
  • → New Latin: aracanga (learned)
  • → Portuguese: araracanga

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ararakanga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 59, column 2
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