tupauku

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Nheengatu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tupã
    Old Tupi tupã
    Old Tupi Tupã
    Proto-Tupian *ekʷ
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok
    Proto-Tupian *-ap
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
    Old Tupi -a
    Old Tupi oka
    Old Tupi tupãoka
    Nheengatu tupauku

    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

    Derived terms

    References

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