teyupuya

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Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi tybypoîa. Displaced by manusawa ara.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tejuˈpuja/
    • Rhymes: -uja
    • Hyphenation: te‧yu‧pu‧ya

    Noun

    teyupuya (uncountable) (archaic)

    1. (Christianity) All Souls' Day
      Synonyms: manusawa ara, teyupuya ara
    2. (by extension) deceased person
      Synonym: tiãwera

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “teyupuya”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 751
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