ukena

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi okena, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *okẽn, from Proto-Tupian *ekʷẽn, from *ekʷ + *en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈke.na/, (Rio Negro) [uˈkẽ.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: u‧ke‧na

Noun

ukena (IIc class pluriform, plural ukena-itá, absolute ukena, R1 rukena, R2 sukena)

1. door
2. (loosely) entrance (place of entering)
3. (archaic) window

   Synonym: ukena-mirĩ

Derived terms

• ií-rukena
• ukena-mirĩ
• ukena-pirusawa
• ukena-rupitá

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “ukena”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 786–787