popytera

Old Tupi

Etymology

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *popɨter. By surface analysis, pó (“hand”) +‎ pytera (“middle”).[1] Cognate with Guaraní popyte.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pɔ.pɨˈtɛ.ɾa/
    • Rhymes: -ɛɾa
    • Hyphenation: pó‧py‧te‧ra

    Noun

    popytera (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mopytera)

    1. palm of the hand

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: pú-pitera

    References

    1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “popytera”, 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 395, column 1
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.