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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuy (“fall”, ).
Cognate with Kamayurá kuj, Mbyá Guaraní kui, Sirionó koj and Tapirapé koj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuj/,
- Rhymes: -uj
- Hyphenation: kuî
Verb
kuî (first-person singular active indicative akuî, first-person singular negative active indicative nakuî, noun kuîa) (intransitive)
- to fall off (to become detached or to drop from)
- to be born
- Synonym: 'ar
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
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