jaçanã

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See also: Jaçanã, jacana, and Jacana

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îasanã.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ça‧nã

Noun

jaçanã f (plural jaçanãs)

  1. (Brazil) wattled jacana (Jacana jacana)
    Synonyms: cafezinho, piaçoca
  2. (Brazil, by extension) jacana (any bird in the familly Jacanidae)

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

  1. ^ 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