Old Tupi edit

  A user has added this entry to requests for verification(+) with the reason: “This word is not attested in Old Tupi literature. Most likely a neologism that appeared during Indianism nationalism.”
If it cannot be verified that this term meets our attestation criteria, it will be deleted. Feel free to edit this entry as normal, but do not remove {{rfv}} until the request has been resolved.

Etymology edit

From pindoba (variety of cocosoid palm trees) +‎ etama (land, region, place, country). This precedes the form Pindorama; see there for more.

Proper noun edit

Pindoretama

  1. (Tupian cosmology) A mythical land free from evil.

Portuguese edit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Tupi Pindoretama.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩ.do.ɾeˈtɐ̃.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩ.do.ɾeˈtɐ.ma/
 

Proper noun edit

Pindoretama f

  1. A municipality of Ceará, Brazil

Derived terms edit