Old Tupi

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u'i

Etymology

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Cognate with Guaraní hu'i.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [uˈʔi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: u‧'i

Noun

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u'i (possessable)

  1. flour

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu:

Further reading

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Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tahitian ʻuhi (to visit).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈu.ʔi/
  • Hyphenation: u‧'i

Verb

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u'i

  1. (intransitive) to look; to watch

References

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  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 42
  • “ū'i”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29