samambaîa

Old Tupi

Etymology

From sama (“rope”) +‎ paîa (“weight”) +‎ -a, literally, “wheight rope”, or more loosely translated as “pendant rope”, referring to the shape of its leaves.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sã.mãˈᵐba.ja/
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ma‧mba‧îa

Noun

samambaîa

  1. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
  2. forked fern (any fern in the genus Dicranopteris)

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: samambaia (“fern”)

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “samambaîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 437, column 1
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