moka'ẽ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• mboka'ẽ, mbonga'ẽ, monga'ẽ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.kaˈʔɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Hyphenation: mo‧ka‧'ẽ

Noun

moka'ẽ (possessable)

1. act or process of grilling
2. buccan (a framework or grill upon which meat is laid to to be roasted)
3. buccan; barbecue (grilled meat)

Descendants

• → French: boucan
  • → English: boucan, buccan
• → Portuguese: moquém

Verb

moka'ẽ

1. (intransitive) to buccan; to grill

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moka'ẽ”, 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 294, columns 1–2