Where it is said
How it is used
Tupi-derived word for a girl or young woman, alive across the Amazon (Priberam labels it Amazonas); it carries regional pride and folkloric colour — think Boi-Bumbá and caboclo speech — rather than being neutral everyday vocabulary.
Examples
Aquela cunhantã é de Belém.
That young woman is from Belém.
A cunhantã conhece bem o rio.
The girl knows the river well.
Minha sobrinha tá ficando uma cunhantã linda.
My niece is becoming a lovely young woman.
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Sources cited on this page
Sources: No Amazonas é Assim — O Amazonês · tier 4; Aulete Digital — cunhantã · tier 2; Priberam — cunhantã · tier 2