inĩ

Old Tupi

inĩ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ini, from Proto-Tupian *ẽri.

Cognate with Kamayurá ini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ĩˈnĩ]
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: i‧nĩ

Noun

inĩ (possessable)

1. hammock

   Synonyms: kesaba, upaba

Derived terms

• inimbeba
• inĩasaba
• Inĩgûasu
• inĩpyasaba

References

• Hans Staden (1557) chapter 20, in Warhaftige [Hiſtoria und] beſchꝛeibung eyner Landtſchafft der wilden nacketen/grimmigen menſchfreſſer leuthen/in der newenwelt America gelegen [True history and description of a land of wild, naked, fierce man-eating people located in the New World of America], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Inni [Inĩ]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “inĩ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 187, column 1