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tukana
essive singular of tukk
Inherited from Old Tupi tukana , from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn , from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn . The broader use, including other toucan species and the Tucano people, is a semantic loan from Brazilian Portuguese tucano . Doublet of tukanu .
IPA (key ) : /tuˈka.na/ , [tuˈkã.nɐ]
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: tu‧ka‧na
tukana
( relational ) Tucano
tukana (plural tukana-itá )
toucan ( any bird from the family Ramphastidae )
Tucano people
( uncountable ) Tucano language
Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021 ) “tukana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal ] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI , page 765
tukana (Ramphastos toco )
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn , from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn .
Cognate with Kamayurá tukan , Mbyá Guaraní and Wayampi tukã .
IPA (key ) : [tuˈkã.na]
Rhymes: -ãna
Hyphenation: tu‧ka‧na
tukana (unpossessable )
toco toucan (Ramphastos toco )
Synonym: tukanusu
Jean de Léry (1578 ) chapter XI, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America ] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 175 : “Toucan [Tukan[a]] ”
Claude d'Abbeville (1614 ) chapter XXXIX, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands ] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 237v : “Toucan [Tukan[a]] ”
Georg Marcgrave , Willem Piso (1648 ) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History ], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book V, chapter XV (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 217 : “Tvcana [Tukana] ”
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013 ) “tukana ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN , page 481 , column 2
Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014 ) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings ] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP , →DOI , →ISBN , →ISSN , page 266
From Proto-Bantu [Term?] .
-tukana (infinitive kutukana )
to abuse , insult
Conjugation of -tukana
Positive present
-na tukana
Subjunctive
-tukane
Negative
-tukani
Imperative singular
tukana
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hutukana
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li tukana
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku tukana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na tukana)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni natukana/na tukana
tu natukana
2nd person
u natukana
m natukana
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a natukana
wa natukana
other classes
positive subject concord + -na tukana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tukani )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si tukani
hatu tukani
2nd person
hu tukani
ham tukani
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha tukani
hawa tukani
other classes
negative subject concord + -tukani
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta tukana
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta tukana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tukane )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni tukane
tu tukane
2nd person
u tukane
m tukane
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a tukane
wa tukane
other classes
positive subject concord + -tukane
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si tukane
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge tukana
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe tukana
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali tukana
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali tukana
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me tukana
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha tukana
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja tukana
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki tukana
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo tukana
Consecutive
katukana / positive subject concord + -ka tukana
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka tukane
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.