nheengatú

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Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi nhe'engatu, from nhe'eng + katu. First attested in 1853.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɲeẽɡaˈtu/, (Rio Negro)

    Noun

    nheengatú (plural nheengatú-itá)

    1. Nheengatu
      Ixé apurungitá nheengatú!
      I speak Nheengatu!
      • 1853, Manoel Justiniano de Seixas, “Nhêenga”, in Vocabulario da lingua indigena geral para o uso do Seminario Episcopal do Pará (overall work in Portuguese), Pará: Typ. de Mattos e Comp.ª, page 37:
        […] nhêengatû intio uassú purunguetá.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. Nheengatu speaker

    Descendants

    • → Portuguese: nheengatu, nhengatu
      • → English: Nheengatu

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “nheengatú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 569
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