nheenga

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupian *weʔeŋ
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔeŋ
    Old Tupi nhe'eng
    Proto-Tupian *-ap
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
    Old Tupi -a
    Old Tupi nhe'enga
    Nheengatu nheenga

    Inherited from Old Tupi nhe'enga, from nhe'eng + -a.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɲeˈẽɡa/, (Rio Negro) [ɲeˈʔɛ̃ɡɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ẽɡa

    Noun

    nheenga (plural nheenga-itá)

    1. word
    2. language

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “nheenga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 568–569
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