nhe'enga
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nhe'eng (“to speak”) + -a.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nhe'enga (possessable)
- word
- speech
- language
- Oré nhe'enga oîkoeeté.
- Our language is very different.
- message
- errand (oral message trusted to a person for delivery)
- opinion; advice; assessment
- answer
- (of animals) cry
- Eresendubype îagûara nhe'enga?
- Did you hear the cry of the jaguar?
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: nheenga
Further reading
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhe'enga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 337, columns 1–2