Nheengatu

edit

Etymology

edit

    Inherited from Old Tupi tupãoka, by surface analysis, Tupã (God)uka (house).[1] Piecewise doublet of tupana-ruka.

    Pronunciation

    edit
    • IPA(key): /tu.paˈu.ku/
    • Rhymes: -uku
    • Hyphenation: tu‧pa‧u‧ku

    Noun

    edit

    tupauku (plural tupauku-itá)

    1. (Christianity) church; chapel
      Synonym: tupana-ruka

    Derived terms

    edit

    References

    edit
    1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tupauku”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 771