inajá

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese inajá, from Old Tupi inaîá.

Noun

inajá (plural inajás)

  1. The South American palm tree Attalea maripa (syn. Maximiliana maripa, formerly also Maximiliana regia).
    • 1864, Sophy Moody, The Palm Tree, page 286:
      The great woody spathes of the Inajá Palm are used by hunters as cooking vessels for their meat; when filled with water they stand fire.
    • 1908, Richard Spruce, Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: , page 362:
      The peak on the left has a broader top, and bears a good deal of forest, among which I thought I could distinguish two palms, probably Inajás, for my Indians found an Inajá palm growing at the highest point they attained, and [...]
    • 2014, Nigel Smith, Palms and People in the Amazon, Springer, →ISBN, page 93:
      Because the palm is so useful, the [natives] of the Fresco River, a tributary of the Xingu, set fires to encourage groves of inajá (Hecht 2003).
      Fig. 13.2 Inajá palms in a pasture invaded by weeds.

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi inaîá.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: i‧na‧já

Noun

inajá m (plural inajás) (Brazil)

  1. inajá (Attalea maripa)
    Synonym: inajazeiro
  2. the fruit of this tree

Descendants

  • English: inajá

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