putira

putira

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi potyra, Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *potɨr, from Proto-Tupian *potˀɨt.[1]

Cognate with Awetí potɨt, Mbya Guarani poty and Sateré-Mawé pohɨt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puˈti.ɾa/
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ti‧ra

Noun

putira (plural putira-itá)

  1. flower

References

  1. ^ Corrêa da Silva, Beatriz Carretta (2010), Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: linguistic relations and historical implications] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 404
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