karakata
التعريفات والمعاني
== Purepecha ==
=== Alternative forms ===
caracata (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
karani (“paint, write”) + -kata (past passive participle)
=== Noun ===
karakata
(obsolete) something painted
something written, writing
==== Derived terms ====
karakata jajki jimbo
=== References ===
Gylberti, Maturino (1559), Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 83v: “Eſcriptura como quiera. caracata.”
Gylberti, Maturino (1559), Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 140r: “Pintada coſa. caracata.atacata.”
Lathrop, Maxwell (2007), Vocabulario del idioma purépecha[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 7, 27: “karakata”
== Yoruba ==
=== Etymology ===
From kí (“subjunctive particle”) + a (“we”) + rà (“buy”) + kí (“subjunctive particle”) + a (“we”) + tà (“sell”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ká.ɾà.ká.tà/
=== Noun ===
káràkátà
subsistence trading; commerce