murakí ara

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi morabykyara. By surface analysis, murakí (“work”) +‎ ara (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.raˈki ˈa.ra/, [mu.ɾaˈkɨ ˈa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: mu‧ra‧ki‧pí

Noun

murakí ara (plural murakí ara-itá)

1. weekday

See also

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

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “murakí¹”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 531