'anga

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔaŋ (“shadow”).

Noun

'anga (possessable)

1. shadow (dark image projected onto a surface)
2. echo (reflected sound)
3. shelter

   Synonyms: kûara, teîupara

4. reflection (something that is reflected)
5. thinking
6. back (side of any object which is opposite the front)

   Synonym: akypûera

7. (Late Tupi, Christianity) soul (spirit or essence of a person)

Related terms

• 'ang
• 'angaîpaba
• 'angûera

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: anga

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'anga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 37, columns 1–2