peteka

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi peteka. Semantic loan from Portuguese bater in senses 2, 3 and 4. First attested in 1853.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈte.ka/, (Rio Negro) [peˈtɛ.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Hyphenation: pe‧te‧ka

Noun

peteka (plural peteka-itá)

  1. (archaic) ball (spherical object used for playing games)

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: peteca

Verb

peteka

  1. (transitive) to hit; to strike [with upé or esé ‘someone or something’]
  3. (transitive) to clap (to repeatedly strike two objects)
  5. (transitive) to flutter; to flap (to move the wings)
  7. (transitive) to wash
  8. (archaic, intransitive) to set off a trap
  9. (archaic, transitive) to bite
    Synonym: suú

Conjugation

Conjugation of peteka
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative affirmative apeteka repeteka upeteka yapeteka pepeteka upeteka
negative ti apeteka ti repeteka ti upeteka ti yapeteka ti pepeteka ti upeteka
imperative affirmative repeteka yapeteka pepeteka
negative te repeteka te yapeteka te pepeteka
  • meyú-peteka
  • mupeteka
  • petekasara
  • petekasawa
  • petepeteka
  • suapeteka
  • yupeteka

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “peteka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 591

Old Tupi

Etymology

From petek +‎ -a.

Noun

peteka (possessable)

  1. inflection of petek:
    1. verbal noun
    2. gerund

Descendants

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