tupauku

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Nheengatu

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree

    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tupã


    Old Tupi tupã


    Old Tupi Tupã

    Proto-Tupian *ekʷ


    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok

    Old Tupi -a


    Old Tupi oka


    Old Tupi tupãoka


    Nheengatu tupauku

    Inherited from Old Tupi tupãoka, by surface analysis, Tupã (“God”) +‎ uka (“house”).[1] Piecewise doublet of tupana-ruka.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /tu.paˈu.ku/
    • Rhymes: -uku
    • Hyphenation: tu‧pa‧u‧ku

    Noun

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    tupauku

    1. (Christianity) church; chapel
      Synonym: tupana-ruka

    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “tupauku”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 771
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