Wiktionary

akanga

Malagasy

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Etymology

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From Swahili kanga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /akaᵑɡạ/
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Noun

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akanga

  1. guinea fowl

Nheengatu

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Etymology 1

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

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    Noun

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    akanga (plural akanga-itá)

    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
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    Etymology 2

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

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    Noun

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    akanga (IIf class pluriform, plural akanga-itá, 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

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    akanga (2nd class)

    1. to be branchy
    2. to be leafy
    3. to be cheated on (to be victim of adultery)

    References

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    1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “akanga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎[2] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 229–230
    3. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎[3] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

    Old Tupi

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    Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

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      akanga (possessable)

      1. head (part of the body)
        Synonym: 'a
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      Descendants

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      • Nheengatu: akanga

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