nhe'eng

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Old Tupi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɲɛˈʔɛ̃ŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃ŋ
  • Hyphenation: nhe‧'eng

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔeŋ (to speak), from Proto-Tupian *weʔeŋ (to speak).[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ñe'ẽ.

Verb[edit]

nhe'eng (first-person singular active indicative anhe'eng, first-person singular negative active indicative nanhe'engi, noun nhe'enga) (intransitive)

  1. (with supé) to speak, to talk
    Peró supé oronhe'eng.
    We talked to the Portuguese.
  2. (with supé) to answer
  3. (with supé) to salute
  4. (with esé) to intercede
  5. (about animals) to cry
  6. to buzz
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Nheengatu: nheẽ
  • ? Portuguese: nhenhenhém, nhe-nhe-nhem

Etymology 2[edit]

Back-formation from nhe'enga (speech).

Adjective[edit]

nhe'eng

  1. speaking (having the ability of speech)
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 409

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