gorá

Kariri

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Either borrowed from Portuguese angola / angolano, or already directly from Kimbundu ngola, or less likely from Portuguese negro. Cognate with Krenak ngorá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoɾa/
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

gorá (unknown possessiveness) (Kipeá)

  1. (hapax legomenon) Black person
    Synonyms: tapɨɲu (Dzubukuá), tapanhú (Kipeá)

References

  • Rodrigues, Arion Dall’Igna (1942), “GORÀ”, in “Vocabulários Português-Kirirí e Kirirí-Português [Portuguese–Kirirí and Kirirí–Portuguese vocabularies]”, in Arquivos do Museu Paranaense, volume 2 (overall work in Portuguese), page 204, column 1
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