inaîá

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Noun

inaîá (?)

  1. (North Tupi) inajá (Attalea maripa)[1]
  2. (hapax) fruit of the pindoba[2]
    Synonym: inaîamirĩ

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: inayá
  • Brazilian Portuguese: inajá, anajá, anaiá, najá

References

  1. ^ Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXVIII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 221v:Ynaia [Inaîá]
  2. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Palma ou palmeira não tem genero”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 63:Ynajâ [Inaîá]