pituú

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• mituú (archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *pɨt͡ʃʲu

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtu

Proto-Tupian *kˀu

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtuʔu

Old Tupi putu'u

Nheengatu pituú

Inherited from Old Tupi putu'u, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtuʔu, from *pɨtu + *ʔu. Doublet of mituú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pituˈu/, (São Gabriel da Cachoeira, some speakers) [piˈtu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: pi‧tu‧ú
• Homophone: pitú (u-dropping)

Verb

pituú

1. (intransitive) to rest (to take repose)
2. (intransitive) to rest (to be free from that which harasses or disturbs)
3. (transitive, intransitive) to stop; to cease
4. (intransitive, figurative) to mate; to copulate

Conjugation

Conjugation of pituú
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	affirmative	apituú	repituú	upituú	yapituú	pepituú	upituú
	negative	ti apituú	ti repituú	ti upituú	ti yapituú	ti pepituú	ti upituú
imperative	affirmative		repituú		yapituú	pepituú
	negative		te repituú		te yapituú	te pepituú

Derived terms

• mupituú
• pituusara
• pituusawa

Noun

pituú (plural pituú-itá)

1. (archaic) rest (any relief from exertion)

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pituú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 624