tronco da geração

English translation: the generation's stem

12:19 Jul 26, 2005

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology

Portuguese term or phrase: tronco da geração

"Das importantes movimentações empreendidas pelos tupis-guaranis entre os séculos VIII a IX, resultou a sua separação, possivelmente em uma área situada entre a foz do rio Madeira e a ilha de Marajó, em dois grupos distintos: o tupi (pai supremo, TRONCO DA GERAÇÃO) e o guarani (guerra). O primeiro abrangia as populações que se instalaram ao longo da maior parte da região costeira tropical; o segundo englobava os grupos que se estabeleceram na área subtropical do Mato Grosso do Sul, na região meridional do Brasil, Paraguai, Uruguai e Nordeste da Argentina, após expulsarem os seus primitivos ocupantes (Couto, 2000)."

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English translation:the generation's stem

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Merriam-Webster Unabridged says:
a line of ancestry : especially : the main ancestral line from which the branches of a family may be considered to have arisen b : a fundamental or primitive line within a natural group of which other members of the group can logically be construed as descendants or offshoots

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Adriana Portas
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Local time: 20:56

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Sorry to delay grading, I was away for the weekend. Thank you for the answer. I still have my reservations and will have to search further, but you are right that no one else answered!
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the generation's stem

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tronco da geração

the generation's stem

Adriana Portas
Brazil
Local time: 20:56
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Portuguese
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Grading comment

Sorry to delay grading, I was away for the weekend. Thank you for the answer. I still have my reservations and will have to search further, but you are right that no one else answered!

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