kuî
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Old Tupi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuy (“fall”, [object]).[1]
Cognate with Kamayurá kuj, Mbyá Guaraní kui, Sirionó koj and Tapirapé koj.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
kuî (first-person singular active indicative akuî, first-person singular negative active indicative nakuî, noun kuîa) (intransitive)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- →⇒ Portuguese: ir para a cucuia
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuî”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 239, column 2