kaûĩ'a
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
| Historical spellings | |
|---|---|
| VLB (1622) | caoỹâ |
Etymology
From kaûĩ (“wine”) + 'a (“fruit”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˌwĩˈʔa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ka‧ûĩ‧'a
Noun
kaûĩ'a (?) (Late Tupi)
References
- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “kaûĩ'a”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 225, column 1
- anonymous author (1622), “Uuas [Grapes]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 140: “Caoỹâ”