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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-kaŋ. Cognate with Old Tupi akanga, Paraguayan Guarani akã, Nheengatu akanga.

akã

  1. head
  2. mind, thought

akã (possessable, IIe class pluriform, absolute sakã, R1 rakã, R2 sakã)

  1. branch (of a tree)
    Synonym: akambyra
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Embarrar como o q. uinha pelo Rio abaixo, ou a frecha nos ramos da aruore”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 111; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Çacã rece yiepocoqui.
      [Sakã resé i îepokoki.]
      It got stuck in the branches.

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa-kaŋ (“skull”). By surface analysis, *ʔa (“head”) + *kaŋ (“bone”). Cognate with Mbya Guarani akã, Nheengatu akanga.

akã (plural akãnguéra)

  1. head