nhũ

Old Tupi

nhũ

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ñu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲũ]
• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: nhũ

Noun

nhũ (?)

1. field, plain, meadow
   • 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, “Da creaçaõ do primeiro homem” (chapter 3), in Bartolomeu de Leão, editor, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa [Brazilian Catechism of the Christian Doctrine], 2 edition, Cateciſmo […] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 47:

     M. Umãmepe Tupã aipó iandé rubypy retérâma monhânghi?
     D. Nhum Damaſceno ceríbäé pupé.

     [M. Umãmepe Tupã aîpó îandé rubypy reterama monhangi?
     D. Nhũ Damasceno seryba'e pupé.]

     M. Where did God make what would become the body of this our first father?
     D. In a field called Damascene.

Derived terms

• nhũasyma
• nhũbondûara
• nhũmendûara

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: nhũ

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhũ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 349, column 1