Wiktionary

akanga

Malagasy

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Etymology

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From Swahili kanga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /akaᵑɡạ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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akanga

  1. guinea fowl

Nheengatu

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Tupi akanga (“head”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ.[1][2] Some senses are semantic loans from Portuguese cabeça.

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Noun

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akanga

  1. head (part of the body)
  2. (figurative) memory
  3. (figurative) inteligence; mind
  4. (figurative) reason; sense; discernment
  5. (figurative) head (leader, chief, mastermind)
  6. extremity of something, especially when large and/or round
  7. top of a waterfall or rapid
  8. (hydrology) fountainhead
  9. (hydrology) upstream
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Tupi akã (“branch”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tãkã, from Proto-Tupian *jãŋã.[2][3]

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Noun

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akanga (IIf class pluriform, absolute akanga, R1 rakanga, R2 sakanga)

  1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)
  2. (hydrology) tributary
  3. limb; appendage
  4. digit (finger or toe)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu

Verb

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akanga (2nd class)

  1. to be branchy
  2. to be leafy
  3. to be cheated on (to be victim of adultery)

References

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  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “akanga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎[2] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 229–230
  3. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎[3] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree

    Proto-Tupian *ʔa


    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa

    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaŋ


    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ

    Old Tupi -a


    Old Tupi akanga

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ.[1] By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) +‎ kanga (“bone”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [aˈkã.ŋa]
    • Rhymes: -ãŋa
    • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧nga

    Noun

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    akanga (possessable)

    1. head (part of the body)
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    Descendants

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    • Nheengatu: akanga

    References

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    1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎[4] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

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