abanheenga
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Tupi abañe'enga (“Old Tupi”), from abá (“man”) and ñe'enga (“language”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧nhe‧en‧ga
Noun edit
abanheenga m (uncountable)
- Old Tupi (Tupian language spoken as a lingua franca in colonial Brazil)
- Synonyms: abanheém, avanheém, língua geral, nheengatu, tupi, tupi antigo, tupi clássico, tupi-guarani