ku'i
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuʔi.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ku'i.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ku'i (possessable)
- flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains)
- Synonym: u'i
- powder; dust (fine particles)
- Synonym: tubyra
- crumb (small piece which breaks off from baked food)
- (broadly) any milled substance
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Descendants edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ku'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 239, column 2