pytanga

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Old Tupi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɨˈtã.ŋa/
  • Rhymes: -ãŋa
  • Hyphenation: py‧ta‧nga

Etymology 1[edit]

From pytang +‎ -a.[1]

Noun[edit]

pytanga (possessable)

  1. pastel color

Etymology 2[edit]

Ellipsis of 'ybapytanga.[1]

Noun[edit]

pytanga (unpossessable)

  1. Suriname cherry tree (Eugenia uniflora)
  2. Suriname cherry fruit
Descendants[edit]
  • → Portuguese: pitanga
    • → English: pitanga
    • → Hunsrik: Pitange, Pitangebaam

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pytanga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 420, columns 1–2
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