murakipí

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi morabykypy. By surface analysis, murakí (“work”) +‎ yepé (“first”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ra.kiˈpi/, [mu.ɾa.kɨˈpɨ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: mu‧ra‧ki‧pí

Noun

murakipí (plural murakipí-itá)

1. Monday

See also

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

References

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