English
inajá
Inajá comes from Old Tupi inaîá.
- Old Tupimoderninaîá
- Brazilian Portuguesemoderninajá
- Englishearliest quotation 1864same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Tupimoderninaîá
- Brazilian Portuguesemoderninajá
- Englishearliest quotation 1864same form
Earliest quotation: 1864, Sophy Moody, The Palm Tree: “The great woody spathes of the Inajá Palm are…”
Every English word from Old Tupi inaîá
Today it means
noun The South American palm tree Attalea maripa (syn. Maximiliana maripa, formerly also Maximiliana regia).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Tupi inaîá / inajá