paranã

See also: parana and Paraná

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.ɾãˈnã/
Rhymes: -ã
Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧nã

Noun

paranã (possessable)

sea
Synonym: pará
- 1939, Serafim Leite, História da Companhia de Jesus no Brasil, volume 4, page 153; quoted in Frederico Edelweiss, “O padre Serafim Leite e a língua tupi”, in Universitas‎, numbers 6–7, Salvador: UFBA, 1971, page 300:
  Xe raitá pekûá paranãme pirá îukábo îandé remi'urama resé.
  [original: Che raitá pecoá paranáme pirá jucabo iande remiurama recé.]
  My children, go to the sea and kill fish for our food.
seawater

Derived terms

paranãgûasu
paranãmbora
paranãygûara

Descendants

Língua Geral: paraná (“river”)
- Nheengatu: paraná
- → Portuguese: Paraná

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “paranã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 372, column 1

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