'apiku'i

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔapikuʔi. By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) +‎ pira (“skin”) +‎ ku'i (“flour”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní apiku'i.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.pi.kuˈʔi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: 'a‧pi‧ku‧'i

Noun[edit]

'apiku'i (possessable)

  1. dandruff

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'apiku'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 47, column 2
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