nheengatú
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Nheengatu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Tupi nhe'engatu. First attested in 1853. By surface analysis, nheenga (“language”) + katú (“good”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nheengatú
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “nheengatú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , page 569