kuîa
Old Tupi
kuîa
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuja (“calabash”).[1]
Cognate with Tocantins Asurini kosa, Cocama kuja, Aurá kwi, Tembé kuj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.ja/
- Rhymes: -uja
- Hyphenation: ku‧îa
Noun
kuîa (IId class pluriform, absolute kuîa, R1 rekuîa, R2 sekuîa, R3 og ekuîa) (possessable)
- calabash (fruit of the calabash tree Crescentia cujete)
- calabash (container made of this fruit)
Derived terms
- kuîaba
- kuîe'yba
- kuîeté
- kuîmbuka
- kuîpeba
References
- Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000-03-17), “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, archived from the original on 2023-09-05, page 173
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “(e)kuîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 97, column 1
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