nheenga

Nheengatu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *weʔeŋ

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔeŋ

Old Tupi nhe'eng

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi nhe'enga

Nheengatu nheenga

Inherited from Old Tupi nhe'enga, from nhe'eng + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲeˈẽɡa/, (Rio Negro) [ɲeˈʔɛ̃ɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -ẽɡa

Noun

nheenga (plural nheenga-itá)

1. word
2. language

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “nheenga”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 568–569