poranga

Old Tupi

Etymology

From porang +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈɾã.ŋa/
• Rhymes: -ãŋa
• Hyphenation: po‧ra‧nga

Noun

poranga (Ib class pluriform, absolute moranga) (possessable)

1. beauty
2. luck; fortune

Descendants

• Nheengatu: puranga (adjective)

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “poranga”, 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, pages 396–397