kexu

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese queixo. Displaced aíwa, from Old Tupi.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkeʃu/, (Rio Negro, Solimões) [ˈkɛ.ʃu]
    • Rhymes: -eʃu
    • Hyphenation: ke‧xu

    Noun

    kexu (plural kexu-itá)

    1. chin

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    • waimĩ-kexu

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kexu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 388
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