amana 'ara
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old Tupi ==
=== Etymology ===
Literally, “rain's season”.
=== Noun ===
amana 'ara (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)
rainy season
Synonym: amana gûyrype
winter
Synonyms: amana gûyrype, ro'y
==== Descendants ====
Nheengatu: amana-ara
=== References ===
Arronches, João de (1739), “INVERNO”, 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 202: “amána ára”
Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Tempo […] da chuva”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 40, column 1, line 15; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 251: “amána ára”
anonymous author (c. 1757), “Inverno”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] [Brazilian-Portuguese Vocabulary] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica [Chrestomathy of the Brazilian language], Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 78: “amana ara”