Mairí

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Old Tupi maíra?
    Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ
    Old Tupi 'y?
    Língua Geral Amazônica Mairi
    Nheengatu Mairí

    Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica Mairi.

    Proper noun

    Mairí (Lower Amazon, archaic)

    1. Belém (a municipality, the state capital of Pará, Brazil)

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mairí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 436
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