yacá
See also: yaca
Kariri
Etymology
Although it is a hapax legomenon in the Kariri literature, Bandeira, Edelweiss, and Métraux record ia'ka, iacá, and jacá respectively with the meaning of "fox".
Noun
yacá (unpossessable) (Kipeá)
- (hapax legomenon) dog
- 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri, page 115:
- Yacàwotçã
- Am I a dog or what?
References
- Arion Dall’Igna Rodrigues (1942), “YACÀ”, in “Vocabulários Português-Kirirí e Kirirí-Português”, in Arquivos do Museu Paranaense, volume 2, page 211