esá-waruá

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica esagûarugûá. By surface analysis, esá +‎ waruá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eˌsa.wa.ɾuˈa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: e‧sa‧wa‧ru‧á

Noun

esá-waruá (IIf class pluriform, plural esá-waruá-itá, absolute esá-waruá, R1 resá-waruá, R2 sesá-waruá)

  1. (archaic) glasses, spectacles
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References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “esá-waruá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 304
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