tuîuka
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tujuk, from Proto-Tupian *tʔup.
Noun
edittuîuka (possessable)
- swamp
- mud
- Synonym: u'uma
- (of organic matter) decay; deterioration
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Nheengatu: tuyuka
References
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tuîuka”, 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 481, column 2