pituna

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• petuna, putuna (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi putuna, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtun. Doublet of pixuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈtuna/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: pi‧tu‧na

Noun

pituna (plural pituna-itá)

1. night

   Puranga pituna ― Good night

2. (archaic) darkness

   Synonyms: pitunawasú, pixunasawa

Related terms

• kurasí-pituna
• misa-pituna
• mupituna
• pituna-ipí
• pituna-pukú
• pitunapisayé
• pitunapura
• pitunawasú
• pitupituna

Verb

pituna (2nd class)

1. to darken (to become night)

See also

times of day: ara rangawa-itáedit

• kuẽma
• yandara
• karuka
• pisayé

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pituna”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 622