akanga

Malagasy

Etymology

From Swahili kanga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /akaᵑɡạ/
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Noun

akanga

  1. guinea fowl

Nheengatu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Tupi akanga (“head”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ.[1][2] Some senses are semantic loans from Portuguese cabeça.

Alternative forms
  • akã, akãi (obsolete)

Noun

akanga

  1. head (part of the body)
  2. (figurative) memory
  3. (figurative) inteligence; mind
  4. (figurative) reason; sense; discernment
  5. (figurative) head (leader, chief, mastermind)
  6. extremity of something, especially when large and/or round
  7. top of a waterfall or rapid
  8. (hydrology) fountainhead
  9. (hydrology) upstream
Derived terms
  • akanga-así
  • akangaisima
  • akangawasú
  • akangaíma
  • akangaíwa
  • kawarú-akanga

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Tupi akã (“branch”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tãkã, from Proto-Tupian *jãŋã.[2][3]

Alternative forms

Noun

akanga (IIf class pluriform, absolute akanga, R1 rakanga, R2 sakanga)

  1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)
  2. (hydrology) tributary
  3. limb; appendage
  4. digit (finger or toe)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu

Verb

akanga (2nd class)

  1. to be branchy
  2. to be leafy
  3. to cheat (to be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner)

References
  1. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, archived from the original on 2023-08-19
  2. Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021), “akanga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (Thesis, in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 229–230
  3. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Old Tupi

Alternative forms
  • akánga, acanga (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ.[1] By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) +‎ kanga (“bone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈkã.ŋa/
  • Rhymes: -ãŋa
  • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧nga

Noun

akanga (possessable)

  1. head (part of the body)

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: akanga

References
  1. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, archived from the original on 2023-08-19

Further reading
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