ku'i

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuʔi.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ku'i.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuˈʔi/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: ku‧'i

Noun

ku'i (possessable)

flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains)
Synonym: u'i
powder; dust (fine particles)
Synonym: tubyra
crumb (small piece which breaks off from baked food)
(broadly) any milled substance

Related terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: kuí
→ Brazilian Portuguese: cuí

References

Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ku'i”, 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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