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Old Tupi
Etymology 1
Noun
manema (unpossessable)
- (derogatory) coward (person who lacks courage)
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: manema
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
manema
- absolute of panema
References
- ^ Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter LVII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 359: “Manem ]”
- ^ anonymous author (1622) “Mofino”, 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 40: “Manema”