kunhã

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See also: kunha

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi kunhã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kujã.

Cognate with Portuguese cunhã.

Noun

kunhã

  1. woman
  2. female

Adjective

kunhã

  1. female

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading

  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica‎ (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Páginas & Letras, →ISBN

Old Tupi

kunhã.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kujã.

Cognate with Guaraní kuña.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kũˈɲã/
  • Rhymes: -ã
  • Hyphenation: ku‧nhã

Noun

kunhã (unpossessable)

  1. woman, especially an indigenous woman from the Americas
    Hypernyms: apŷaba, abá
    • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, Poesias tupis, São Paulo, published 1941:
      Amó kunhã suí i mo-ingó-é-bo.
      He made a woman different from any other.
  2. female

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: kunhã
  • → Portuguese: cunhã

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

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