atatinga

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *atatiŋ.[1][2][3] By surface analysis, atá (“fire”) +‎ ting (“white”) +‎ -a.[4]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ataxĩ and Paraguayan Guaraní tatatĩ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.taˈtĩ.ŋa/
  • Rhymes: -ĩŋa
  • Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ti‧nga

Noun

atatinga (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tatatinga, R1 ratatinga, R2 satatinga)

  1. smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)

Derived terms

  • atating

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: tatatinga

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family‎[2], Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison
  3. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma
  4. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “atatinga”, 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 68, column 2
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