o'o

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Nias

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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o'o (mutated form go'o)

  1. kunai (species of grass, Imperata cylindrica)

References

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  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 165.

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oʔo (meat), from Proto-Tupian.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní so'o.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈʔɔ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: o‧'o

Noun

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o'o (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute to'o, R1 ro'o, R2 so'o)

  1. meat; flesh (muscle tissue of an animal)
  2. pulp (edible part of a fruit)
  3. body
    Synonym: eté

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 185, line 3

Further reading

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