kunumĩ

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kunumĩ. By surface analysis, kunu'uma (“affection”) +‎ -'ĩ (diminutive suffix).

Cognate with Guarayu, Mbya Guarani, and Paraguayan Guarani kunumi and Urubú-Kaapor kurumĩ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kunumĩ/, [kũnũˈmĩ]
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: ku‧nu‧mĩ

Noun

kunumĩ (possessable)

1. boy (male child)

   Ebokûeî kunumĩ nde membyra.

   That boy is your son.

2. young man; youngster
3. boyhood

Related terms

• kunumĩa'uba
• kunumĩgûasu
• kunumĩgûasu'ĩ
• kunumĩmirĩ
• nhemokunumĩ

Descendants

• Old Tupi: kurumĩ (LGA), kulumĩ (LGP)
  • Nheengatu: kurumĩ
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: curumim, colomi, colomim, columim, culumi, culumim, curumi

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “kunumĩ”, 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 242, columns 1–2