bixana
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adapted borrowing of Portuguese bichano + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [β̞iˈʃã.na]
- Rhymes: -ãna
- Hyphenation: bi‧xa‧na
Noun
bixana (?, female equivalent bixanakunhã) (Língua Geral Amazônica)
- domestic cat (Felis catus)
- Synonyms: marakaîá, marakaîamimbaba
Coordinate terms
felidsedit
- bixana (LGA)
- marakaîaeté
- marakaîagûasu (LGA)
- marakaîamimbaba
- marakaîamirĩ
- marakaîá
- îagûapytangusu, sûasuarana
- îagûara, îagûarakangusu, îagûareté, *îagûaruna, îagûarusu
- *îagûatyryka (LGP)
Descendants
- Nheengatu: pixana
References
- João de Arronches (1739) “GATO”, 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 192: “bixána [bixana]”
- anonymous author (c. 1757) “Gato”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 73: “bixana”