kunumĩ

Old Tupi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kunumĩ.^[1]

Cognate with Kamayurá kunu'um, Guarayu, Mbyá Guaraní, and Paraguayan Guaraní kunumi and Urubú-Kaapor kurumĩ.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kũ.nũˈmĩ/
Rhymes: -ĩ
Hyphenation: ku‧nu‧mĩ

Noun edit

kunumĩ (possessable)

boy (male child)
Ebokûeî kunumĩ nde membyra.
That boy is your son.
young man; youngster
boyhood

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Língua Geral: *corumim
- Nheengatu: kurumĩ
- → Brazilian Portuguese: curumim

References edit

^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29)‎^[1], volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 122, line 127

Further reading edit

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kunumĩ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 242, columns 1–2

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