samambaîa
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Old Tupi[edit]
samambaîa (sense 1)
samambaîa (sense 2)
Etymology[edit]
From sama (“rope”) + paîa (“weight”), literally, “weight rope”, or more loosely translated as “pendant rope”, referring to the shape of its leaves.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
samambaîa (unpossessable)
- Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
- forked fern (any fern in the genus Dicranopteris)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “samambaîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 437, column 1