aîká

See also: aika, Aika, and áika

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ajˈka/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: aî‧ká

Noun

aîká (unpossessable)

  1. dolphin (carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea)
    Synonym: pukusĩ

References

  • anonymous author (1622) “Boto, certo peixe”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 58: “Aicâ. Pucuçĩ. [Aîká. Pukusĩ.]”
  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aîká”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 17, column 1
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