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Nias
Pronunciation
Noun
o'o (mutated form go'o)
- kunai (species of grass, Imperata cylindrica)
References
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 165.
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oʔo (“meat”), from Proto-Tupian.[1]
Cognate with Guaraní so'o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈʔɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Hyphenation: o‧'o
Noun
o'o (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute to'o, R1 ro'o, R2 so'o)
- meat; flesh (muscle tissue of an animal)
- pulp (edible part of a fruit)
- body
- Synonym: eté
References
- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 185, line 3
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