Paranapitinga

Old Tupi

Etymology

  • From paraná (“river”) +‎ piting (“turbid”) +‎ -a.

    Proper noun

    Paranapitinga (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. Amazon (a river in northern South America)
      Synonym: Paranaûasu

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: Paraná Pitinga

    References

    • Arronches, João de (1739), “RIO DAS ALMAZONAS”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 278: “paranám pitinga”
    • Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “o rio das Amazonas”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 53, column 2; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 301: “Paranà pytinga”
    • Frei Onofre (1795), “Rio, das Amazonas”, in [Diccionario Portuguez-Brasiliano e Brasiliano-Portuguez] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor‎[1]São Paulo: Imprensa Oficial do Estado, 1934, page 114, column 2: “Parana pitynga”
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