awatí

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi abati, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awaˈti/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧wa‧tí

Noun

awatí (plural awatí-itá)

1. maize; corn plant (Zea mays)

   Synonyms: awatí-iwa, awatiwasú

2. corncob
3. corn (maize seed)
4. (archaic, hapax) rice

   Synonym: awatií

Related terms

• awatitiwa
• awatiwasú
• awatií
• awatí-iwa
• awatí-maniiwa
• awatí-mukeka
• awatí-xibuí

 

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “awatí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 283