pitanga
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pitanga, from Old Tupi pytanga.
Noun
editpitanga (plural pitangas)
- A Eugenia uniflora tree or its fruit.
- Synonyms: Brazilian cherry, Cayenne cherry, pitangueira, Surinam cherry, Suriname cherry
- 1905, Natal Agriculture Journal, page 445:
- The first maggots were found in pitangas (Brazilian cherries) on the third day after our arrival, but the quantity was of no value, and it was impossible to say whether they were parisitized.
- 1960, Ann M. Perry, Dooryard Supermarket in the Tropics & Subtropics: Its Development and Instructions for Fabrication and Use of Its Products:
- Immature pitangas have a disagreeable resinous taste. […] The Surinam cherry is essentially a dessert fruit. The fresh fruits are eaten out of hand or made into jellies, jams, sherbert, sauce and beverages.
Nheengatu
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Tupi pitanga.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpitanga
- (archaic) baby; toddler
- Synonym: tainá-piranga
Etymology 2
editInherited from Old Tupi pytanga.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpitanga
Usage notes
editThe Old Tupi color names pytanga and piranga merged into one in Nheengatu, with existing compounds getting changed to the second. Very few words still have pitanga and are seen as archaic in Nheengatu.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pitanga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , page 618
Portuguese
editEtymology
editEtymology tree
Borrowed from Old Tupi pytanga, ellipsis of 'ybapytanga.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editpitanga f (plural pitangas)
- (Brazil) Suriname cherry (fruit of the Eugenia uniflora tree)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: pitanga
- → Hunsrik: Pitange, Pitangebaam
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpitanga f (plural pitangas)
Further reading
edit- “pitanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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