Kui

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kui"

English

Proper noun

Kui

  1. A Dravidian language spoken by the Khonds, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

Hunsrik

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuj
    Proto-Tupian *-ap
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
    Old Tupi -a
    Old Tupi kuîabor.
    Brazilian Portuguese cuiabor.
    Hunsrik Kui

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese cuia.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Kui f (plural Kuie, diminutive Kuiche)

    1. calabash; gourd (dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit)
      Synonym: Prunkel
    2. maté (container used to prepare maté)
      Synonym: Prunkel

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Kui”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 99, column 1
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