mituú

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Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi mutu'u.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.tuˈu/,
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: mi‧tu‧ú

Noun

mituú (plural mituú-itá)

  1. Sunday
    • 1898 September 4, José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar, “Tupana munuçáuaitá”, in Christu Muhençáua (overall work in Nheengatu and Portuguese), Petropolis: Pap. e Typ. Pacheco, Silva & C., page 41:
      Re-nungaturù curi mituú, ara santuitá.
      You shall save Sundays and holy days.
    • 2014, “Yasú Yapurũgitá Yẽgatú,”, in Leetra Indígena, volume 3, number 3, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, page 46:
      Mitú ramé maria usú tupauku kití i anamaita irūmu. Misa upawa ramé, maria uyuiri uka kití.
      On Sunday, Maria go to the curch with her relatives. When the mass ends, she goes back to her house.
    • 2016, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, “Mbuesawa 5: Maria uwasemu yepé sumuara-kunhã”, in Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Páginas & Letras, →ISBN, page 42:
      Ayuíri mituú ramé.
      I come back on Sunday.
  2. Archaic form of pituú.

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References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mituú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 488
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