anera

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin anās, anātem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (duck). Compare Italian anatra, Venetan ànara.

Noun

anera

  1. duck

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Adapted borrowing of Portuguese anel +‎ -a A more expected adaptation would be *andera.

    Noun

    anera (possessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. ring (round piece of metal worn around the finger)
      Synonym: mûãnha'ã

    References

    • João de Arronches (1739) “ANÉL”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 97:anéra
    • Anton Meisterburg (a. 1756) “Anel da mesma maneira”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu, Pará, page 4r, column 1, line 9; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 109:anéra
    • anonymous author (18th century) “Annel”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎[1] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 5:Anera