putuna

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

pytuna, pyxuna

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtun (“night, darkness”).[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní pytũ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /puˈtũ.na/
Rhymes: -ũna
Hyphenation: pu‧tu‧na

Noun

putuna (possessable)

night
Tiá nde putuna ― Good night
darkness

See also

(times of day) 'ara pesembûera; ko'emytanga, ko'ema, asaîé/'araybysokeme, karuka, karukypy, putuna, karupysaîé, pysaîé, pysaîe'ĩ ^{(Category: tpw:Times of day)}

References

Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “putuna”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 412–413

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