tupauku

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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)

    1. (Christianity) church; chapel
      Synonym: tupana-ruka

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    References

    1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tupauku”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 771