pûã

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pwã (“finger”).

Cognate with Guaraní kuã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwã/, [pʷã]
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: pûã

Noun

pûã (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mûã)

1. finger

Coordinate terms

• (fingers) pûã; pûãgûasu, pûãbe'engaba, pûãmytera, pûãmyterybyrixûara, pûãmirĩ ^{(Category: tpw:Fingers)}

Descendants

• Nheengatu: puã
• → Portuguese: puã

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pûã”, 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, pages 406–407