nhũ

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Old Tupi

nhũ

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ñu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -ũ
Hyphenation: nhũ

Noun

nhũ (?)

field, plain, meadow
- 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, “Da creaçaõ do primeiro homem” (chapter 3), in Bartolomeu de Leão, editor, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa [Brazilian Catechism of the Christian Doctrine], 2 edition, Cateciſmo (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 47:
  M. Umãmepe Tupã aipó iandé rubypy retérâma monhânghi?
  D. Nhum Damaſceno ceríbäé pupé.
  [M. Umãmepe Tupã aîpó îandé rubypy reterama monhangi?
  D. Nhũ Damasceno seryba'e pupé.]
  M. Where did God make what would become the body of this our first father?
  D. In a field called Damascene.

Derived terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: nhũ

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhũ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 349, column 1

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