ka'aeté

Old Tupi

ka'aeté (Canna indica)

Etymology

From ka'a +‎ eté.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˌʔa.eˈtɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: ka‧'a‧e‧té

Noun

ka'aeté

common name of various plants in the order Zingiberales, namely from the families Cannaceae and Marantaceae
primeval forest; virgin forest

Descendants

→ Portuguese: Caeté, caeté, caaeté, caetê, caité

References

Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

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