Piatã

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Tupi pyatã (courage). First attested in 1943.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.aˈtɐ̃/ [pɪ.aˈtɐ̃], (faster pronunciation) /pjaˈtɐ̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: Pi‧a‧tã

Proper noun

Piatã ?

  1. a municipality of Bahia, Brazil

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Piatã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 592, column 2
  2. ^ Piatã”, in Cidades@ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 2023