katú

See also: katu, katü, katů, kåtü, and кату

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi katu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *katu, from Proto-Tupian *katˀu.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈtu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ka‧tú

Adjective

katú

  1. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral)
    Antonyms: puxí, puxiwera
  2. well; healthy (in good health)
    Ixé se katú!
    I am well!
  3. (archaic) good; favourable; opportune
  4. (archaic) good (useful for a particular purpose; functional)
  5. (archaic) good; pleasant; enjoyable
  6. (archaic) noble; pure
  7. (archaic) good (having a particularly pleasant taste)
  • katuntu
  • katusawa
  • katuíra
  • katú nhuntu
  • katú reté
  • katú rẽ
  • mukatú
  • nheenga-katú
  • nheengatu
  • piakatú
  • pú-katú

Adverb

katú

  1. very (to a great extent or degree)
    Synonym: retana
  2. (of colors) dark; deep (not bright or light, deeper in hue)
  3. right; exactly; precisely
  4. clearly (in a clear manner)
  5. attentively; with attention
  6. indeed
  7. a lot
  8. (archaic) well; accurately; competently; satisfactorily
    Indé repurungitá Nheengatu katú retana
    You speak Nheengatu very well
  9. (archaic) even; implying extreme example

Derived terms

  • nẽ mayé katú

Conjunction

katú

  1. that; introducing a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect
    Synonym: suí

Particle

katú

  1. until (up to the time of)
    Synonym: té
  2. until (up to a certain place)
    Synonym: té

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “katú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 381–383
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