peteka

== Nheengatu == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Tupi peteka. Semantic loan from Portuguese bater in senses verb 2, verb 3 and verb 4. First attested in 1853. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peˈte.ka/, (Rio Negro) [peˈtɛ.kɐ] Rhymes: -eka Hyphenation: pe‧te‧ka === Noun === peteka (plural peteka-itá) (archaic) ball (spherical object used for playing games) ==== Descendants ==== → Brazilian Portuguese: peteca === Verb === peteka (transitive) to hit; to strike [with upé or esé ‘someone or something’] (transitive) to clap (to repeatedly strike two objects) (transitive) to flutter; to flap (to move the wings) (transitive) to wash (archaic, intransitive) to set off a trap (archaic, transitive) to bite Synonym: suú ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “peteka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 591 == Old Tupi == === Etymology === From petek +‎ -a. === Noun === peteka (possessable) inflection of petek: verbal noun gerund ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: peteka → Brazilian Portuguese: peteca