mbarakaîá

Old Tupi

Etymology

From marakaîá. The realization of /m/ as [mb] can be explained by the known Guaraní influence on Língua Geral Paulista.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: mba‧ra‧ka‧îá

Noun

mbarakaîá (unpossessable)

  1. (hapax legomenon) Língua Geral Paulista form of marakaîá (“cat”)

References

  • anonymous author (18th century), “Gato”, in Língua geral dos índios das Américas [General language of the Indians of the Americas]‎[1] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Paulista), page 5v, line 312: “BraCaÿâ [Mbarakaîá]”
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