tuîuka

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tujuk, from Proto-Tupian *tʔup.

Noun

tuîuka (possessable)

1. swamp
2. mud

   Synonym: u'uma

3. (of organic matter) decay; deterioration

   Synonym: poxy

   Near-synonym: (of inorganic matter) îuka

Related terms

• tuîuk
• tuîukusu

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tuyuka

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tuîuka”, 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 481, column 2