sapukaya

Nheengatu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sapuˈkaja/, (Rio Negro) [sa.puˈka.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pu‧ka‧ya

Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨra
    Old Tupi gûyrá
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡sapukaj
    Old Tupi sapukaî
    Proto-Tupian *-ap
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
    Old Tupi -a
    Língua Geral Amazônica sapukaîa
    Nheengatu sapukaya

    Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica sapukaîa, from Old Tupi gûyrasapukaîa, from gûyrá + sapukaî + -a.

    Noun

    sapukaya (plural sapukaya-itá)

    1. rooster; hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)
    • sapukaya apigawa
    • sapukaya kunhã
    • sapukaya mena
    • sapukaya-pí

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Old Tupi sapukaîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡sapukaj.

      Noun

      sapukaya (plural sapukaya-itá) (archaic)

      1. sapucaia; monkey pot (any tree in the genus Lecythis)
        Synonyms: sapukaya-kastanha, sapukaya-iwa
      2. the nut of this tree
        Synonym: sapukaya-kastanha
      • sapukaya-iwa
      • sapukaya-kastanha

      Etymology 3

        Inherited from Old Tupi sapukaîa, from sapukaî + -a.

        Verb

        sapukaya

        1. archaic form of sapukái (“to scream”)
        Conjugation
        Conjugation of sapukaya
        singular plural
        first second third first second third
        indicative affirmative asapukaya resapukaya usapukaya yasapukaya pesapukaya usapukaya
        negative ti asapukaya ti resapukaya ti usapukaya ti yasapukaya ti pesapukaya ti usapukaya
        imperative affirmative resapukaya yasapukaya pesapukaya
        negative te resapukaya te yasapukaya te pesapukaya

        References

        • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “sapukaya”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 678
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