peteka

Inherited from Old Tupi peteka. Semantic loan from Portuguese bater in senses 2, 3 and 4. First attested in 1853.

• IPA^(key): /peˈte.ka/, (Rio Negro) [peˈtɛ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Hyphenation: pe‧te‧ka

peteka (plural peteka-itá)

1. (archaic) ball (spherical object used for playing games)

• → Brazilian Portuguese: peteca

peteka

1. (transitive) to hit; to strike [with upé or esé ‘someone or something’]
3. (transitive) to clap (to repeatedly strike two objects)
5. (transitive) to flutter; to flap (to move the wings)
7. (transitive) to wash
8. (archaic, intransitive) to set off a trap
9. (archaic, transitive) to bite

   Synonym: suú

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “peteka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 591

From petek +‎ -a.

peteka (possessable)

1. inflection of petek:
   1. verbal noun
   2. gerund

• Nheengatu: peteka
• → Brazilian Portuguese: peteca