paranã

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See also: parana, and Paraná

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paranã.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key):
    • Rhymes:
    • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧nã

    Noun

    paranã (possessable)

    1. sea
      Synonym: pará
      paranãngûásea cove
    2. (hapax) seawater[1]
    3. (LGA, LGP) river
      Synonyms: 'y, y
      • a. 1759, anonymous author, Narração que faz um sertanejo a um seu amigo de uma viagem que fez pelo sertão, page 190; republished as Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, “Um texto anônimo, em língua geral amazônica, do século XVIII”, in Revista USP, number 90, São Paulo, 2011 August, →DOI:
        Coritéité aiepabóc,
        Paranà rupí aiparabóc,
        Moçapýr tüibäé uçú,
        Çupí ocepiác pytún uçú.
        [Koritéi té aîepabok, / Paraná rupi aîparabok, / Mosapyr tuîba'e usu, / Supi osepîak pytunusu.]
        Soon I departed. By the river, I chose three very old men. They really saw in the dark.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: paraná, paranã
      • Brazilian Portuguese: paraná
    • Portuguese: Paraná

    References

    1. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Aguoa do mar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 24:Paranã.