mituú

Nheengatu

FWOTD – 21 January 2025

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *pɨt͡ʃʲu

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtu

Proto-Tupian *kˀu

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtuʔu

Old Tupi putu'u

Nheengatu mituú

Inherited from Old Tupi mutu'u. Doublet of pituú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mituˈu/
  • IPA^(key): (São Gabriel da Cachoeira, some speakers) [miˈtu]
  • IPA^(key): (Middle Amazon) [mɨ.tuˈu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: mi‧tu‧ú
• Homophone: mitú (u-dropping)

Noun

mituú (plural mituú-itá)

1. Sunday
   • 1898 September 4, José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar, “Tupana munuçáuaitá [God's commandments]”, in Christu Muhençáua […] (overall work in Nheengatu and Portuguese), Petropolis: Pap. e Typ. Pacheco, Silva & C., page 41:

     Re-nungaturù curi mituú, ara santuitá.

     You shall save Sundays and holy days.

   • 2014, “Araita [Days]”, in Maria Sílvia Cintra Martins, editor, Leetra Indígena, volume 3, number 3, São Carlos: UFSCar, →ISSN, page 46; text written in São Gabriel da Cachoeira:

     Mitú ramé maria usú tupauku kití i anamaita irūmu. Misa upawa ramé, maria uyuiri uka kití.

     On Sunday, Maria goes to the church with her relatives. When the mass ends, she goes back to her house.

   • 2016, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, “Mbuesawa 5: Maria uwasemu yepé sumuara-kunhã”, in Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Páginas & Letras, →ISBN, page 42:

     Ayuíri mituú ramé.

     I come back on Sunday.

   • 2021, Bíblia Baré, Buia Igarapé, Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory: Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, translation of New Testament, Atu 20:7:

     Asui mitu rame yayumuatiri irumu yapixama arama pão, Paulu umbeu ainta supe nyãse uputari usu aintasui wirande kiti, asui uikupuku upurungita aintairumu ate pituna piterupi.

     Then, on Sunday, we gathered to nibble the bread and Paul spoke to them, and, wanting to leave them the next day, he stayed talking to them until midnight.

2. Archaic form of pituú.

Coordinate terms

• days of the week: murakí ara-itá (appendix): mituú · murakipí · murakimukũi · murakimusapiri · supapawa · yukwakú · saurú ^[edit]

Derived terms

• mituuwasú

Verb

mituú

1. Archaic form of pituú.

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mituú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 488