akanga

== Malagasy == === Etymology === From Swahili kanga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akaᵑɡạ/ === Noun === akanga guinea fowl == Nheengatu == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Tupi akanga (“head”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ. Some senses are semantic loans from Portuguese cabeça. ==== Alternative forms ==== akã, akãi (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== akanga (plural akanga-itá) head (part of the body) (figurative) memory (figurative) inteligence; mind (figurative) reason; sense; discernment (figurative) head (leader, chief, mastermind) extremity of something, especially when large and/or round top of a waterfall or rapid (hydrology) fountainhead (hydrology) upstream ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Tupi akã (“branch”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tãkã, from Proto-Tupian *jãŋã. ==== Alternative forms ==== akã (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== akanga (IIf class pluriform, plural akanga-itá, absolute akanga, R1 rakanga, R2 sakanga) branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) (hydrology) tributary limb; appendage digit (finger or toe) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dedu ==== Verb ==== akanga (2nd class) to be branchy to be leafy to be cheated on (to be victim of adultery) === References === == Old Tupi == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ. By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) +‎ kanga (“bone”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [aˈkã.ŋa] Rhymes: -ãŋa Hyphenation: a‧ka‧nga === Noun === akanga (possessable) head (part of the body) Synonym: 'a ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: akanga === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “akanga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 22, column 2