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Nheengatu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju.kwaˈku/,
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: yu‧kwa‧kú
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Tupi îekuakub.
Verb
yukwakú
- to lie in (to stay in postpartum confinement)
- to fast (to to abstain from food)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Tupi îekuakuba.
Noun
yukwakú (plural yukwakú-itá)
- lying-in (period of postpartum confinement)
- Synonym: yukwakusawa
- fasting (abstinence from food)
- Synonym: yukwakusawa
- (broadly) abstinence
- Friday
See also
References
- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yukwakú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 888