jaçanã

See also: Jaçanã, jacana, and Jacana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îasanã.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒa.saˈnɐ̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ça‧nã

Noun

jaçanã f (plural jaçanãs)

  1. (Brazil) wattled jacana (Jacana jacana)
    Synonyms: cafezinho, piaçoca
  2. (Brazil, by extension) jacana (any bird in the familly Jacanidae)

Derived terms

  • jaçanã-africana
  • jaçanã-bronzeada
  • jaçanã-cauda-de-faisão
  • jaçanã-comum
  • jaçanã-de-crista
  • jaçanã-do-norte
  • jaçanã-galo
  • jaçanã-malgaxe

Descendants

  • English: jacana
  • Finnish: jassana
  • Italian: jacana
  • Swedish: jaçana
  • Translingual: Jacana

Further reading

  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasanã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 162, column 2
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