kamixá-ima

Nheengatu

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hamô
Proto-West Germanic *hamō
Proto-West Germanic *-iþi
Proto-West Germanic *hamiþibor.
Late Latin camisia
Old Galician-Portuguese camisa
Portuguese camisabor.
Língua Geral Amazônica kamixá
Nheengatu kamixá
Proto-Tupian *-eʔɨm
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-eʔɨm
Old Tupi -e'yma
Nheengatu -ima
Nheengatu kamixá-ima

    From kamixá (“shirt”) + -ima (“-less”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kamiˈʃa ˈima/
    • Rhymes: -ima
    • Hyphenation: ka‧mi‧xá‧i‧ma

    Adjective

    kamixá-ima

    1. shirtless
    2. (obsolete) naked
      Synonyms: piruka, yawentu
      • 1898, José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar, “MUPÏÀCATÙÇÀUA NE RAPIXÁRA RUPI [Works of mercy for your neighbour]”, in Christu Muhençáua [Christ's Doctrine] (overall work in Nheengatu and Portuguese), Petropolis: Pacheco, Silva & C., writen in São Paulo de Olivença, page 45:
        3º. — Rê-muámámunê curi camixaïma uahá aitá.
        3rd. — You shall clothe the ones that are naked.

    References

    1. ^ Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “kamixá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎[1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 365–366
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