ka'aeté

Old Tupi

ka'aeté (Canna indica)

Etymology

From ka'a +‎ eté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˌʔa.eˈtɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ka‧'a‧e‧té

Noun

ka'aeté

1. common name of various plants in the order Zingiberales, namely from the families Cannaceae and Marantaceae
2. primeval forest; virgin forest

Descendants

• → Portuguese: Caeté, caeté, caaeté, caetê, caité

References

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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