jaçanã

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See also: Jaçanã, jacana, and Jacana

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jaçanã

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îasanã.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒa.saˈnɐ̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.sɐˈnɐ̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Hyphenation: ja‧ça‧nã

Noun

jaçanã f (plural jaçanãs)

(Brazil) wattled jacana (Jacana jacana)
Synonyms: cafezinho, piaçoca
(Brazil, by extension) jacana (any bird in the family Jacanidae)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: jacana
→ Finnish: jassana
→ Italian: jacana
→ Swedish: jaçana
→ Translingual: Jacana

Further reading

“jaçanã”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
“jaçanã”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“jaçanã”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
“jaçanã”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasanã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 162, column 2

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