Where it is said
- the Northeast· more common here — Recorded in nearly every Northeastern capital and 75.5% of the surveyed inland localities.
- the North· strongly associated — Majority form in all Amazonian capitals in the ALiB synthesis.
How it is used
The leading northern name: highly productive across the Amazonian and Northeastern speech areas, although absent from Maceió in the capital survey.
Examples
No quintal, a baladeira servia para derrubar manga madura.
In the yard, the slingshot was used to knock down ripe mangoes.