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Old Tupi
Etymology
Coined by Portuguese missionary (c. 1575 – 1643) Luís Figueira in the 17th century. Literally, “my hands, my feet”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: xe‧pó‧xe‧py
Numeral
xepoxepy
- (hapax, Late Tupi) twenty
1687 [1621], Luís Figueira, “Nomes adjectivos do ſingular, & plurar”, in Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina de Miguel Deslandes, page 4:Xepó xepyg […]- [Xepoxepy […] ]
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