teîú

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *teju.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní teju.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛˈju/
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: te‧îú

Noun

teîú (unpossessable)

tegu (any lizard in the genera Tupinambis or Salvator)

Derived terms

teîugûasu
teîunhana

Descendants

Nheengatu: teyú
→ Portuguese: teiú, teju, tegu, tiú

References

Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 197, line 594

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “teîú”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 470, column 2

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.