teîú

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní teju.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

teîú (unpossessable)

  1. tegu (any lizard in the genera Tupinambis or Salvator)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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

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