akûãîa

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• akûãnha

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akʷãj. By surface analysis, akó (“groin, crotch”) +‎ ãîa (“tooth”) or akó +‎ ûaîa (“tail”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní akuãĩ.

Noun

akûãîa (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute takûãîa, R1 rakûãîa, R2 sakûãîa)

1. penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:akûãîa

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Sextum Mandatum”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Doutrina autógrafa e confessionário, volume 2, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 90, line 13:

     Erepokókpe nde rakuãia resé eñemoaguyrōmo?

     [Erepokokype nde rakûãîa resé enhemoagûyrõmo?]

     Have you touched your penis arousing yourself?

Related terms

• *akûãî
• akûãîypytaaba
• akûãîypytá
• sakûãîba'e
• takûã'ynha
• takûãnhuna
• takûãînha'a
• ypekakûãîa

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: akunha

References

• Pero de Castilho (1613) “genitale viri”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano, pella lingua do Braſil [Names of the human body parts by the language of Brazil] (in Old Tupi), volume 1; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 37, line 185: “Tacoaýa [Takûãîa]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akûãîa”, 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 25, column 2