kapi'i

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Old Tupi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔi.[1] By surface analysis, ka'a (“leaf”) +‎ po'i (“slender”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní kapi'i.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ka.piˈʔi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧'i

Noun[edit]

kapi'i (unpossessable)

  1. grass (ground cover plant)
  2. herb (plant whose stem is not woody)
    Synonym: ka'a
  3. hay (grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder)
  4. tatch (straw for covering roofs or stacks)

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: kapiĩ
  • → Portuguese: capim

References[edit]

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kapi'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 217, column 2
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