îandé pytuna

Old Tupi

Old Tupi phrasebook
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Etymology

Literally, “our night”.

Phrase

îandé pytuna (Língua Geral Amazônica)

  1. good evening
    Synonym: tiá nde pytuna

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: yané pituna

References

  • Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Boas noites”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 7v, column 1, line 5; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 121: “jandè pytúna”
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