kunumĩ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• kurumĩ (LGA)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kunumĩ.

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kunumĩ (possessable)

1. boy (male child)

   Ebokûeî kunumĩ nde membyra.

   That boy is your son.

2. young man; youngster
3. boyhood

Related terms

• kunumĩa'uba
• kunumĩgûasu
• kunumĩgûasu'ĩ
• kunumĩmirĩ
• nhemokunumĩ

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kurumĩ
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: curumim, curumi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kunumĩ”, 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 242, columns 1–2