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puranga

Nheengatu edit

 
Iracema, an indigenous character from Brazilian literature

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Tupi poranga (“beauty”, noun), reanalyzed as an adjective, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *poraŋ, from Proto-Tupian.

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  • Hyphenation: pu‧ran‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ãɡa

Adjective edit

puranga

  1. beautiful
    Indé puranga retana!
    You are very beautiful!
    • 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 33:
      Ximiriku Irasi. Aé puranga mayé yasí yawé.
      His wife was Iraci. She was as beautiful as the moon.
  2. good, right
    Puranga ara, se mimbira!
    Good morning, my son!
    • 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 13:
      José unheẽ: — Se pirá-itá puranga piri ne pirá-itá suí.
      José says: — My fish are better than yours.

Adverb edit

puranga

  1. beautifully
  2. well
    Asasá puranga. Kwekatú reté!
    I do well. Thank you very much!
    • 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 30:
      — Ixé ambaú manungara ti waá umunhã puranga ixé arama.
      — I ate something that did not go well on me.

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