tupauku

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Nheengatu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Tupi tupãoka, by surface analysis, tupã (“God”) +‎ uka (“house”).[1] Piecewise doublet of tupana-ruka.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tu.paˈu.ku/
  • Rhymes: -uku
  • Hyphenation: tu‧pa‧u‧ku

Noun[edit]

tupauku

  1. (Christianity) church; chapel
    Synonym: tupana-ruka

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “tupauku”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 771
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