putuna

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• pytuna, pyxuna

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtun. Doublet of putun.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní pytũ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈtũna/
• Rhymes: -ũna
• Hyphenation: pu‧tu‧na

Noun

putuna (possessable)

1. night

   Tiá nde putuna ― Good night

2. darkness

Coordinate terms

times of dayedit

• ko'emytanga
• ko'ema
• asaîé, 'araybysokeme, îandara (LGA)
• karuka
• karukypy
• putuna
• karupysaîé
• pysaîé
• pysaîe'ĩ

Related terms

• amãpytuna
• popytuna
• putumimbyka
• putunusu
• pytunarõ

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pituna

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “putuna”, 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, pages 412–413