ku'i

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuʔi.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ku'i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈʔi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ku‧'i

Noun

ku'i (possessable)

1. flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains)

   Synonym: u'i

2. powder; dust (fine particles)

   Synonym: tubyra

3. crumb (small piece which breaks off from baked food)
4. (broadly) any milled substance

Related terms

• 'apiku'i
• piku'i
• ybyku'i

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kuí
• → Brazilian Portuguese: cuí

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ku'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 239, column 2