peteka

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Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi peteka. Semantic loan from Portuguese bater in senses 2, 3 and 4. First attested in 1853.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈte.ka/, (Rio Negro)
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Hyphenation: pe‧te‧ka

Noun

peteka (plural peteka-itá)

  1. (archaic) ball (spherical object used for playing games)

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: peteca

Verb

peteka

  1. (transitive) to hit; to strike
  3. (transitive) to clap (to repeatedly strike two objects)
  5. (transitive) to flutter; to flap (to move the wings)
  7. (transitive) to wash
  8. (archaic, intransitive) to set off a trap
  9. (archaic, transitive) to bite
    Synonym: suú

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “peteka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 591

Old Tupi

Etymology

From petek +‎ -a.

Noun

peteka (possessable)

  1. inflection of petek:
    1. verbal noun
    2. gerund

Descendants

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