Nheengatu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi morabykypy. By surface analysis, murakí (work) +‎ ipí (first).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mu.ra.kiˈpi/, [mu.ɾa.kɨˈpɨ]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra‧ki‧pí

Noun

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murakipí

  1. Monday

See also

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References

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