peteka
Nheengatu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Tupi peteka. Semantic loan from Portuguese bater in senses verb 2, verb 3 and verb 4. First attested in 1853.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈte.ka/, (Rio Negro) [peˈtɛ.kɐ]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Hyphenation: pe‧te‧ka
Noun
peteka (plural peteka-itá)
- (archaic) ball (spherical object used for playing games)
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: peteca
Verb
peteka
- (transitive) to hit; to strike [with upé or esé ‘someone or something’]
- (transitive) to clap (to repeatedly strike two objects)
- (transitive) to flutter; to flap (to move the wings)
- (transitive) to wash
- (archaic, intransitive) to set off a trap
- (archaic, transitive) to bite
- Synonym: suú
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | apeteka | yapeteka |
| 2nd | repeteka | pepeteka |
| 3rd | upeteka | |
Related terms
- meyú-peteka
- mupeteka
- petekasara
- petekasawa
- petepeteka
- suapeteka
- yupeteka
References
- Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “peteka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , page 591
Old Tupi
Etymology
Noun
peteka (possessable)
- inflection of petek:
- verbal noun
- gerund