akã

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa-kaŋ (“skull”). By surface analysis, *ʔa (“head”) + *kaŋ (“bone”). Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní akã, Nheengatu akanga.

• IPA^(key): /aˈkã/ [aˈkã]

akã (plural akãnguéra)

1. head

• akãrangue (“hair”)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ. Cognate with Old Tupi akanga, Guaraní akã, Nheengatu akanga.

akã

1. head
2. mind, thought

• IPA^(key): [ãˈkã]
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: a‧kã

akã (possessable, IIe class pluriform, absolute sakã, R1 rakã, R2 sakã)

1. branch (of a tree)

   Synonym: akambyra

   • 1622, anonymous author, “Embarrar como o q. uinha pelo Rio abaixo, ou a frecha nos ramos da aruore”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 111; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Çacã rece yiepocoqui.

     [Sakã resé i îepokoki.]

     It got stuck in the branches.

• Nheengatu: akanga

• anonymous author (1622) “Rama, ou frança da aruore”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 96: “Çacã [Sakã]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akã”, 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 20, column 2