kaûĩ
Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kawĩ (“fermented drink, corn drink”).[1][2]
Compare Mbyá Guaraní kaguijy and Paraguayan Guaraní kaguy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaûĩ (possessable)
- cauim (traditional alcoholic beverage made by the fermentation of cashews, manioc or maize)
- Synonym: kaûĩeté
- (Late Tupi) wine
- Synonym: kaûĩaîa
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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 171, line 3
- ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 118, line 43
Further reading
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaûĩ”, 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 225, column 1