sapukaîa

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa.puˈka.ja]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: sa‧pu‧ka‧îa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡sapukaj.

Noun

sapukaîa (unpossessable)

1. sapucaia (Lecythis pisonis)

   Synonyms: 'ybasapukaîa, 'yasapukaîa, sapuka'i

Descendants

• Nheengatu: sapukaya
• → Brazilian Portuguese: sapucaia
  • → English: sapucaia, sapucaya

Etymology 2

Clipping of gûyrasapukaîa.

Noun

sapukaîa (?)

1. (LGA, LGP) rooster; hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: sapukaya

Etymology 3

From sapukaî +‎ -a.

Noun

sapukaîa (possessable)

1. verbal noun of sapukaî

Descendants

• Nheengatu: sapukaya

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sapukaîa”, 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 438, column 1