papasawa
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Nheengatu[edit]
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| Cardinal: papasawa, yepé-papasawa | ||||
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Tupi papasaba.[1]
Numeral[edit]
papasawa
Noun[edit]
papasawa
- (archaic) count; counting
- Synonym: paparisawa
- 1926, Antônio Brandão de Amorim, Lendas em nheengatu e em português (overall work in Portuguese), Manaus: Fundo Editorial; Associação Comercial do Amazonas, published 1987, page 222:
- Ara mukũi pú papasawa riré, Tupana ururi aé yepé itaúka pupé kití […]
- After the count of ten days, Tupana took her to a cave […]
- (archaic) hundred (100 units of something)