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pixuna

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Nheengatu

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Tupi pyxuna. Doublet of pituna.

    Displaced una, now only found in compounds.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /piˈʃuna/
    • Rhymes: -una
    • Hyphenation: pi‧xu‧na

    Adjective

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    pixuna

    1. black
      • 2015, Maria Sílvia Cintra Martins, editor, Leetra Indígena, volume 1, number 17, São Carlos: UFSCar, →ISSN, page 57; text written in São Gabriel da Cachoeira:
        Yawé umbeubeu ixé aram yã mira, tasika kuera pa iké yawaraté itá, tambau pá yepé yawará pixuna []
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. dark

    Coordinate terms

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    Colours in Nheengatu (layout · text) · yukwawasawa
         murutinga      tuwiri      pixuna
         piranga, piranga serana
         piranga
         piranga katú
         tawá      maku
         suikiri serana
         suikiri
         suikiri katú
         suikiri, yakira      sumbika
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    References

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    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pixuna”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 626