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Nheengatu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Tupi tupãoka, by surface analysis, Tupã (“God”) + uka (“house”).[1] Piecewise doublet of tupana-ruka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu.paˈu.ku/
- Rhymes: -uku
- Hyphenation: tu‧pa‧u‧ku
Noun
tupauku (plural tupauku-itá)
- (Christianity) church; chapel
- Synonym: tupana-ruka
Derived terms
References
- ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tupauku”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 771