murakí ara

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi morabykyara. By surface analysis, murakí (“work”) +‎ ara (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.raˈki ˈa.ra/, [mu.ɾaˈkɨ ˈa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: mu‧ra‧ki‧pí

Noun

murakí ara

1. weekday

See also

• (days of the week) murakí ara; mituú,‎ murakipí,‎ murakimukũi,‎ murakimusapiri,‎ supapawa,‎ yukwakú,‎ saurú ^{(Category: yrl:Days of the week) [edit]}

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “murakí¹”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 531