karapanã

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica karapaná.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka.ɾa.paˈnã]
  • Rhymes: -ã
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧pa‧nã

Noun

karapanã (plural karapanã-itá)

  1. mosquito (any dipteran of the family Culicidae)
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Derived terms

  • karapanã-iwa
  • karapanã-pinima
  • karapanã-setimã-pukú
  • karapanã-tapuya
  • karapanãwasú
  • karapanãí

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: carapanã

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “karapanã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 373
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