kastanha

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese castanha, from Old Galician-Portuguese castanna, from Latin castanea, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kắstănă). Displaced nhã and tukarí.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kasˈtaɲa/
    • Rhymes: -aɲa
    • Hyphenation: kas‧ta‧nha

    Noun

    kastanha (plural kastanha-itá)

    1. brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa)
      Synonyms: nhã, tukarí, tukarí-iwa
    2. the nut of this tree
      Synonyms: nhã, tukarí

    Derived terms

    • kastanha-maniiwa
    • makaka-kastanha
    • sapukaya-kastanha
    • yautí-kastanha

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kastanha”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 379–380
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