putu'u

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtuʔu. By surface analysis, putu (“breath”) +‎ 'u (“to eat”). Cognate with Guaraní pytu'u.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tu‧'u

Noun

putu'u (possessable, absolute mutu'u)

  1. rest (any relief from exertion)
  2. (Língua Geral Amazônica) Sunday[1]

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: mituú

Verb

putu'u (first-person singular active indicative aputu'u, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aputu'uî, noun putu'u) (intransitive)

  1. to rest (to take repose)

See also

References

  1. ^ Anton Meisterburg (a. 1756) “Dia de Domingo”, in (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu, Pará, page 151, column 1, line 8; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI: “mutüú [mutu'u]”
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