Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *katiŋ. By surface analysis, aby'aka (“stench”) +‎ ting (“nauseous”) +‎ -a.[1]

Cognate with Mbya Guarani kaxĩ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈtĩ.ŋa/
  • Rhymes: -ĩŋa
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ti‧nga

Noun

katinga (possessable)

  1. funk (foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odour)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “katinga”, 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 223, column 2
source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katinga