Nheengatu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Tupi okena (door, window), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *okẽt (door), from Proto-Tupian *ək-ẽt (door).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /u.ˈkẽ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ẽna
  • Hyphenation: u‧ke‧na

Noun edit

ukena (IIc class pluriform, absolute ukena, R1 rukena, R2 sukena)

  1. door

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570