Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [β̞iˈʃã.na]
- Rhymes: -ãna
- Hyphenation: bi‧xa‧na
Noun
bixana (?, female equivalent bixanakunhã)
- (LGA) domestic cat (Felis catus)
- Synonyms: marakaîá, marakaîamimbaba
Coordinate terms
- (felids) îagûara (îagûarakangusu, îagûareté, *îagûaruna, îagûarusu), marakaîá (bixana, *îagûatyryka, marakaîaeté, marakaîagûasu, marakaîamimbaba, marakaîamirĩ), sûasuarana (îagûapytangusu)
References
- João de Arronches (1739) “GATO”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 192: “bixána [bixana]”
- annonymous (c. 1757) “Gato”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica (in Portuguese), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 73: “bixana”