balangandã

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Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the sounds they make as the wearer moves about.[1] Potentially related to balangar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧gan‧dã

Noun

balangandã m (plural balangandãs)

  1. (Brazil) A type of wearable Afro-Brazilian bijouterie originating from the 18th to 19th centuries.
    Hypernym: joia crioula
    • 1940, Carmen Miranda, “Disseram Que Eu Voltei Americanizada [They Said I Came Back Americanized]”:
      Disseram que com as mãos / Estou preocupada / E corre por aí / [...] / Que já não tenho molho, ritmo, nem nada / E dos balangandãs já nem existe mais nenhum
      They said that with my hands / I am preoccupied / And it's been spread around / ... / That I've got no sauce, nor rhythm, nothing / And there are no balangandãs left on me anymore
  2. (by extension) any piece of wearable jewelry that dangles; pendant
    Synonyms: penduricalho, pingente

References

  1. ^ Simone Trindade Vicente da Silva (2005) “REFERENCIALIDADE E REPRESENTAÇÃO: UM RESGATE DO MODO DE CONSTRUÇÃO DE SENTIDO NAS PENCAS DE BALANGANDÃS A PARTIR DA COLEÇÃO MUSEU CARLOS COSTA PINTO”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎
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