abanheenga
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Tupi abañe'enga (“Old Tupi”), from abá (“man”) and ñe'enga (“language”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧nhe‧en‧ga
Noun
abanheenga m (uncountable)
- Old Tupi (Tupian language spoken as a lingua franca in colonial Brazil)
- Synonyms: abanheém, avanheém, língua geral, nheengatu, tupi, tupi antigo, tupi clássico, tupi-guarani