mukũi-pú

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Nheengatu

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    Cardinal: mukũi-pú
    Ordinal: mukũi-pusawa

Etymology

Literally, two hands, or more loosely translated as two times five.[1]

Numeral

mukũi-

  1. ten

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mukũi-pú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 509