'apiku'i

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔapikuʔi. By surface analysis, 'a (head) +‎ pira (skin) +‎ ku'i (flour).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní apiku'i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.pi.kuˈʔi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: 'a‧pi‧ku‧'i

Noun

'apiku'i (possessable)

  1. dandruff

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'apiku'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 47, column 2