mbarakaîá

From marakaîá. The realization of /m/ as [mb] can be explained by the known Guaraní influence on Língua Geral Paulista.

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: mba‧ra‧ka‧îá

mbarakaîá (unpossessable)

1. (hapax legomenon) Língua Geral Paulista form of marakaîá (“cat”)

• anonymous author (18th century) “Gato”, in Língua geral dos índios das Américas [General language of the Indians of the Americas]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), page 5v, line 312: “BraCaÿâ [Mbarakaîá]”