setú

See also: setu and setů

Kariri

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cesto (basket).

Noun

setú (5th declension, 3rd person singular susetú) (Kipeá)

  1. (hapax legomenon) basket
    • 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri (in Portuguese), pages 23–25:
      A eſta quinta Declinaçaõ pertencem [] os nomes ſeguintes [] Setù, ceſto.
      To this fifth declension belong [] the following nouns [] Setù, basket.

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