îuká

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See also: Iuka

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juka.[1] By surface analysis, aîura (“neck”) +‎ ká (“break”), literally “to break the neck”.[2]

Cognate with Guaraní juka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /juˈka/, /ʝuˈka/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: îu‧ká

Noun

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îuká (possessable)

  1. kill (act of killing)

Verb

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îuká

  1. (transitive) to kill
  2. (transitive) to break

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: iuká
  • → Portuguese: jucá

References

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  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 168
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îuká”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 197, column 2
  • Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
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