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kaûĩ'a

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From kaûĩ (wine) +‎ 'a (fruit).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˌwĩˈʔa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ûĩ‧'a

Noun

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kaûĩ'a (unpossessable)

  1. grape (fruit of genus Vitis)

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaûĩ'a”, 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 225, column 1