minga'u

Old Tupi

Etymology

From emi- (passive deverbal suffix) +‎ ka'u (“to make into pap”).

Noun

minga'u (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute minga'u, R1 reminga'u, R2 seminga'u, R3 o eminga'u)

1. porridge; pap (food in the form of a soft paste)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: mingaú
• → Brazilian Portuguese: mingau

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “(e)minga'u”, 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 100, columns 1–2