kurumĩ

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi kunumĩ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kunumĩ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ruˈmĩ/, [ku.ɾũˈmĩ]
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧mĩ

Noun

kurumĩ (plural kurumĩ-itá)

1. boy (male child)

   Synonyms: apigawa-mirĩ, kuru

Related terms

• aí-kurumĩ
• kumika
• kurumiwasú
• kurumĩ-kaá

 

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: curumim, curumi

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kurumĩ”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 412

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku.ɾũˈmĩ]
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧mĩ

Noun

kurumĩ (unpossessable)

1. (LGA) Alternative form of kunumĩ