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Old Tupi
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese bichano.
Pronunciation
Noun
bixana (?, female equivalent bixanakunhã)
- (LGA) domestic cat (Felis catus)
- Synonyms: marakaîá, marakaîamimbaba
Coordinate terms
- (felids) îagûara (îagûarakangusu, îagûareté, *îagûaruna, îagûarusu), marakaîá (bixana, *îagûatyryka, marakaîaeté, marakaîagûasu, marakaîamimbaba, marakaîamirĩ), sûasuarana (îagûapytangusu)
Descendants
References
- João de Arronches (1739) “GATO”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 192: “bixána [bixana]”
- annonymous (c. 1757) “Gato”, in (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 73: “bixana”