pepó

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pepo, from Proto-Tupian *pepʔo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈpɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: pe‧pó

Noun

pepó (possessable)

1. wing (appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly)
2. flight feather
3. fletching; empennage (feathers attached to an arrow)

   Synonym: u'upepó

Usage notes

• Feathers over the body were called aba.

Related terms

• nhemopepó
• pepoypy
• u'upepó

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pepú

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pepó”, 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 378, columns 1–2