atatinga

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *atatiŋ.[1][2][3] By surface analysis, atá (“fire”) +‎ ting (“white”) +‎ -a.[4]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ataxĩ and Paraguayan Guaraní tatatĩ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.taˈtĩ.ŋa/
  • Rhymes: -ĩŋa
  • Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ti‧nga

Noun

atatinga (IIa class pluriform, absolute tatatinga, R1 ratatinga, R2 satatinga) (possessable)

  1. smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)

Derived terms
  • atating

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: tatatinga

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family‎, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison
  3. Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29)‎, volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma
  4. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “atatinga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 68, column 2
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