agûi

See also: agui, aguï, agüí, and aġui-

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese agulha (“needle”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧gûi

Noun

agûi (possessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

  1. needle

Derived terms

  • abikûara (“eye of a needle”)
  • agûiapysá (“eye of a needle”)

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: awí
  • → Kariri: awí

References

  • Frei Onofre (1751), “Agulha”, in José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, editor, Dicionario portuguez, e brasiliano [Brazilian and Portuguese dictionary] (overall work in Língua Geral Amazônica and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, published 1795, page 7, column 2: “Abî”
  • Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Aguilha”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 3, column 2, line 52; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 103: “Aguí”
  • Prosodia da Lingoa: "Aguí"
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