Paketá

Old Tupi Alternative forms Pacqueta Pronunciation tpw /ˌpakeˈta/ [ˌpa.kɛˈta] tpw a 3 Etymology tpw :af paka<t:paca><id:paca> etá<t:many><ref:pt DTA 590> + Proper noun tpw proper noun tpw island bay:suf/Guanabara c/Brazil w:Paquetá Island LII 75 tpw 1 Defronte do rio de Macucú está uma ilha, que se chama Caiaiba, e d'esta ilha a uma está outra, que se chama Pacatá frm tpw 1 Histoire de deux voyages w:André Thevet 1587 1588 113v https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9061359x/f117.item Entre autres vous avés celle qu’il nomment Pacqueta, ainsi nommée du nom de certain animal nommé Pacqueta, de la grandeur d’un levreau, dont elle abonde fort, et en nourrit plus que toutes les autres Isles, qui avoisinent le continent de ce cul de sac, ainsy nommé des premier mariniers, qui ont penetré jusques aux extremités de cette riviere de Janere. Among others you have the one they call “Paketá”, so named after a certain animal called the “paka”, about the size of a young hare, of which the island has great abundance; the island supports more of them than all the other islands neighboring the mainland of this cul-de-sac, so named by the first sailors, who penetrated as far as the farthest reaches of this Rio de Janeiro. Descendants pt Paquetá 1 References