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Nheengatu
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Tupi ka'a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔa (“forest, leaf”).[2]
Noun
kaá (plural kaá-itá)
- woods; forest; jungle (dense collection of trees)
- herb; grass (plant whose stem is not woody)
- palm (branch or leaf of a palm tree)
- (loosely) any leaf
- Synonym: awa
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Tupi ka'ab.[2]
Verb
kaá
- (intransitive) to defecate
References
- ^ Raynice Geraldine Pereira da Silva, Aline da Cruz, Michéli de Deus Lima Schwade (2020) “Descrição e documentação fonológica das variedades do nheengatu no Amazonas”, in Revista De Letras Norte@mentos, volume 13, number 33, →DOI
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kaá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 355–356
Old Tupi
Noun
kaá (unpossessable)
- Obsolete spelling of ka'a.