yku

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní yku.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɨˈku/
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: y‧ku

Noun

yku (IIb class pluriform, absolute tyku, R1 ryku, R2 tyku) (possessable)

liquid
Synonym: y
any thin or watery substance

Adjective

yku (IIb class pluriform, absolute tyku, R1 ryku, R2 tyku) (possessable)

Derived terms

tykuba'e

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “yku”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 528, column 2

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