mituú

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi mutu'u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mituˈu/, (São Gabriel da Cachoeira, some speakers) [miˈtu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: mi‧tu‧ú

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 Leetra Indígena‎^[1], 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 go to the curch 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.

2. Archaic form of pituú.

Derived terms

• mituuwasú

See also

• (days of the week) murakí ara; mituú,‎ murakipí,‎ murakimukũi,‎ murakimusapiri,‎ supapawa,‎ yukwakú,‎ saurú ^{(Category: yrl:Days of the week) [edit]}

References

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