pytang

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Old Tupi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtaŋ.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní pytã.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɨˈtãŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ãŋ
  • Hyphenation: py‧tang

Adjective[edit]

pytang

  1. pastel color
    Synonym: tingaíb

Usage notes[edit]

  • pytang didn't refer to a specific color, but to any mixture made by white. Thus, gray, peach, baby blue, pink etc. could all be called pytang.

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See also[edit]

Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns      pirangapyranga      îuba              oby
     obyeté
     tinga      una              tingaíba, pytanga
Adjectives      pirangpyrang      îub      ting      un              tingaíb, pytang

References[edit]

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

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