nheenga

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Nheengatu

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi nhe'enga, from nhe'eng + -a.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    nheenga (plural nheenga-itá)

    1. word
    2. language

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “nheenga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 568–569