maitaka

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi mba'e +‎ *tak +‎ -a.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maiˈtaka/, [ma.iˈta.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: ma‧i‧ta‧ka

Noun

maitaka (plural maitaka-itá)

  1. any bird in the genus Pionus

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: maritaca, maitaca, baitaca

References

  1. ^ A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986)
  • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “maitaka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 437
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