teîú

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *teju.[1]

Cognate with Mbya Guarani teju.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛˈju/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: te‧îú

Noun

teîú (unpossessable)

  1. tegu (any lizard in the genera Tupinambis or Salvator)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: teyú
  • Portuguese: teiú, teju, tegu, tiú

References

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    Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 197, line 3

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