kuî
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuy (“fall”, [object]).[1]
Cognate with Kamayurá kuj, Mbyá Guaraní kui, Sirionó koj and Tapirapé koj.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuj/, [ˈkuʝ]
- Rhymes: -uj
- Hyphenation: kuî
Verb
kuî (first-person singular active indicative akuî, first-person singular negative active indicative nakuî, noun kuîa) (intransitive)
Derived terms
Descendants
- →⇒ Portuguese: ir para a cucuia
References
- Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 128
- Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 190, line 747
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuî”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 239, column 2
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