aîkobekatu

Old Tupi

Old Tupi phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aj.kɔ.βɛ.kaˈtu]

Phrase

aîkobekatu

1. I'm fine
   • c. 1540, Jehan Lamy, Le langaige du Bresil (overall work in Middle French and Old Tupi), page 53r, line 13:

     ARICOBEGASTOU

     [Aîkobekatu.]

     I'm fine.

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “a-”, 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 3, column 1
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ikobé”, 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 184, column 1
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “katu”, 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 223, column 2