kaûĩ'a

Old Tupi

Etymology

From kaûĩ (“wine”) +‎ 'a (“fruit”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˌwĩˈʔa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ûĩ‧'a

Noun

kaûĩ'a (unpossessable)

  1. grape (fruit of genus Vitis)

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaûĩ'a”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 225, column 1
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