Where does “akanga” come from?

akanga (Nheengatu) comes from Old Tupi akanga, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

akanga (Nheengatu): head part of the body

Definitions

  1. head part of the body

Ancestry of “akanga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiakangahead part of the body
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi akanga →
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