Metarakanga

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
VLB (1622) Metaracãga

Etymology

From metara (“tembetá”) +‎ akanga (“head”),[1] as a possible case of pareidolia. Compare the unrelated Portuguese Cabeça do Imperador.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /metaɾakaŋa/, [mɛˌtaɾaˈkãᵑɡə]
  • Rhymes: -ãŋa
  • Hyphenation: Me‧ta‧ra‧ka‧nga

Proper noun

Metarakanga

  1. (hapax legomenon) A monolithic mountain in São Vicente Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Pedra da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: Metaracanga (learned)

References

  1. ^ Costa, Cassio (19 August 1951), “A Gávea – aspectos históricos e pitorescos [Gávea – historical and picturesque aspects]”, in Diario Carioca‎[1], page 5
  • anonymous author (1622), “Gauea, certo penedo do Rio de Ianeiro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 147: “Metaracãga [Metarakanga]”
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