Nheengatu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi morabykymokõî. By surface analysis, murakí (work) +‎ mukũi (two).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mu.raˌki.muˈkũj/, [mu.ɾaˌkɨ̃.muˈkũj]
  • Rhymes: -ũj
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra‧ki‧mu‧kũi

Noun

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murakimukũi (plural murakimukũi-itá)

  1. Tuesday

See also

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References

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