purangasawa

Nheengatu

Aphrodite, an ancient Greek goddess associated with beauty

Alternative forms

purangasaua, purangasá

Etymology

From puranga (“beautiful”) +‎ -sawa (nominalizing suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pu.ˌɾã.ɡa.ˈsa.wa]

Hyphenation: pu‧ran‧ga‧sa‧wa
Rhymes: -awa

Noun

purangasawa

beauty
Ne purangasawa katú retana se resá-itá supé.
Your beauty is really good for my eyes.
- 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 78:
  — Umanú ramé awá yasaisú waá, yané rikwesawa ti ana urikú nẽ yepé purangasawa.
  — When the one we love dies, our life no longer has any beauty.
kindness

Synonyms

katusawa

References

ÁVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, pages 383 and 641
NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 107

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