piã

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi piã.

    Noun

    piã (plural piã-itá) (archaic)

    1. yaws
    2. grain

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “piã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 594

    Old Tupi

      Noun

      piã (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute miã)

      1. yaws
      • miãmbora

      Descendants

      • Nheengatu: piã
      • Brazilian Portuguese: piã
      • French: pian

      References

      Portuguese

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Old Tupi piã.

        Pronunciation

        • (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈɐ̃/ [pɪˈɐ̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpjɐ̃/

        • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
        • Hyphenation: pi‧ã

        Noun

        piã m (plural piãs)

        1. (Brazil) synonym of bouba (yaws)

        References