ukena

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Nheengatu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi okena (door, window), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *okẽt (door), from Proto-Tupian *ək-ẽt (door).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /u.ˈkẽ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ẽna
  • Hyphenation: u‧ke‧na

Noun

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ukena (IIc class pluriform, absolute ukena, R1 rukena, R2 sukena)

  1. door

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570