tukana

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Estonian

Noun

tukana

  1. essive singular of tukk

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãnder.
    Old Tupi tukana
    Old Tupi tukanabor.
    Brazilian Portuguese tucanoinflu.
    Nheengatu tukana

    Inherited from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn. The broader use, including other toucan species and the Tucano people, is a semantic loan from Brazilian Portuguese tucano. Doublet of tukanu.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tuˈka.na/,
    • Rhymes: -ana
    • Hyphenation: tu‧ka‧na

    Adjective

    tukana

    1. (relational) Tucano

    Noun

    tukana (plural tukana-itá)

    1. toucan (any bird from the family Ramphastidae)
    2. Tucano people
    3. (uncountable) Tucano language

    Derived terms

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tukana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 765

    Old Tupi

    tukana (Ramphastos toco)

    Etymology

      Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.

      Cognate with Kamayurá tukan, Mbyá Guaraní and Wayampi tukã.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      tukana (unpossessable)

      1. toco toucan (Ramphastos toco)
        Synonym: tukanusu

      Descendants

      • Nheengatu: tukana
      • → French: toucan m (see there for further descendants)
      • → New Latin: tucana, Tucana
      • → Portuguese: tucano m (see there for further descendants)

      References

      • Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XI, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 175: “Toucan ]”
      • Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXIX, 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 237v: “Toucan ]”
      • Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae , Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book V, chapter XV (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 217: “Tvcana ”
      • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tukana”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 481, column 2
      • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 266

      Swahili

      Etymology

      From Proto-Bantu .

      Pronunciation

      • Audio (Kenya):(file)

      Verb

      -tukana (infinitive kutukana)

      1. to abuse, insult

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of -tukana
      Positive present -natukana
      Subjunctive -tukane
      Negative -tukani
      Imperative singular tukana
      Infinitives
      Positive kutukana
      Negative kutotukana
      Imperatives
      Singular tukana
      Plural tukaneni
      Tensed forms
      Habitual hutukana
      Positive past positive subject concord + -litukana
      Negative past negative subject concord + -kutukana
      Positive present (positive subject concord + -natukana)
      Singular Plural
      1st person ninatukana/natukana tunatukana
      2nd person unatukana mnatukana
      3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatukana wanatukana
      other classes positive subject concord + -natukana
      Negative present (negative subject concord + -tukani)
      Singular Plural
      1st person situkani hatutukani
      2nd person hutukani hamtukani
      3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatukani hawatukani
      other classes negative subject concord + -tukani
      Positive future positive subject concord + -tatukana
      Negative future negative subject concord + -tatukana
      Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tukane)
      Singular Plural
      1st person nitukane tutukane
      2nd person utukane mtukane
      3rd person m-wa(I/II) atukane watukane
      other classes positive subject concord + -tukane
      Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situkane
      Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetukana
      Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetukana
      Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitukana
      Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitukana
      Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atukana)
      Singular Plural
      1st person natukana twatukana
      2nd person watukana mwatukana
      3rd person m-wa(I/II) atukana watukana
      m-mi(III/IV) watukana yatukana
      ji-ma(V/VI) latukana yatukana
      ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatukana vyatukana
      n(IX/X) yatukana zatukana
      u(XI) watukana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
      ku(XV/XVII) kwatukana
      pa(XVI) patukana
      mu(XVIII) mwatukana
      Perfect positive subject concord + -metukana
      "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatukana
      "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatukana
      "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitukana
      "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotukana
      Consecutive katukana / positive subject concord + -katukana
      Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katukane
      Object concord (indicative positive)
      Singular Plural
      1st person -nitukana -tutukana
      2nd person -kutukana -watukana/-kutukaneni/-watukaneni
      3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtukana -watukana
      m-mi(III/IV) -utukana -itukana
      ji-ma(V/VI) -litukana -yatukana
      ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitukana -vitukana
      n(IX/X) -itukana -zitukana
      u(XI) -utukana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
      ku(XV/XVII) -kutukana
      pa(XVI) -patukana
      mu(XVIII) -mutukana
      Reflexive -jitukana
      Relative forms
      General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tukana- + relative marker)
      Singular Plural
      m-wa(I/II) -tukanaye -tukanao
      m-mi(III/IV) -tukanao -tukanayo
      ji-ma(V/VI) -tukanalo -tukanayo
      ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tukanacho -tukanavyo
      n(IX/X) -tukanayo -tukanazo
      u(XI) -tukanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
      ku(XV/XVII) -tukanako
      pa(XVI) -tukanapo
      mu(XVIII) -tukanamo
      Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tukana)
      Singular Plural
      m-wa(I/II) -yetukana -otukana
      m-mi(III/IV) -otukana -yotukana
      ji-ma(V/VI) -lotukana -yotukana
      ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotukana -vyotukana
      n(IX/X) -yotukana -zotukana
      u(XI) -otukana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
      ku(XV/XVII) -kotukana
      pa(XVI) -potukana
      mu(XVIII) -motukana
      Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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