kuî

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuy (fall, [object]).[1]

Cognate with Kamayurá kuj, Mbyá Guaraní kui, Sirionó and Tapirapé koj.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkuj]
  • Rhymes: -uj
  • Hyphenation: kuî

Verb

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kuî (first-person singular active indicative akuî, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akuî, first-person singular gerund gûikuîa, noun kuîa) (intransitive)

  1. to fall off (to become detached or to drop from)
  2. to be born
    Synonym: 'ar

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: ir para a cucuia

References

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  1. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 128
  2. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 190, line 3

Further reading

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