kandea

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • kanea

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-der.
Proto-Italic *kandēō
Latin candeō
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-léh₂
Proto-Italic *-ēlā
Latin -ēla
Latin candēla
Old Galician-Portuguese candea
Portuguese candeiabor.
Old Tupi kandea

    Borrowed from Portuguese candeia.

    Noun

    kandea (possessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. oil lamp
      Synonym: tataendyuru
      • a. 1756, Anton Meisterburg, “Lume, luz da candea [Lamp light]”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 25v, column 2, line 11; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 193:
        candea rendý
        [kandea rendy]
        oil lamp’s light
    • kandea tinga
    • kanea reru

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: kandéa

    References

    • anonymous author (18th century), “Candêa. Candieiro”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎[1] (overall work in Língua Geral Amazônica and Portuguese), page 10: “Canéa [Kanea]”
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