kuña

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kuna"

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kujã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʝã/, [kũˈɲã]
• Rhymes: -ã

Noun

kuña (plural kuñanguéra)

1. woman
   • 2006, Ñandejára Ñe’ẽ [Our Lord’s Word ], Asunción: Sociedad Bíblica Paraguaya, translation of the Bible, Genesis 2:22:

     Upe ikãnguégui ojapo peteĩ kuña, ha ogueraha kuimba'épe.

     From that bone he made a woman, and brought her to the man.

References

• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “kuña”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 52
• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “kuña”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 51, column 1