potĩ

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *potĩ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈtĩ/
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: po‧tĩ

Noun

potĩ (unpossessable)

1. shrimp

Derived terms

• poti'atinga
• potigûara
• potĩgûasu
• potĩkykyîa
• potĩkykyîxé
• potĩpema

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: poti, Poti

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “potĩ”, 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 404, column 2