pûãmytera

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• pûã-mytera

Etymology

By surface analysis, pûã (“finger”) +‎ pytera (“center”).

Noun

pûãmytera (possessable, absolute mûãmytera)

1. middle finger

Coordinate terms

terms for fingers: pûãedit

• pûãgûasu
• pûãbe'engaba
• pûãmytera
• pûãmyterybyrixûara
• pûãmirĩ

References

• 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, page 406, column 2