kuîa

See also: kuia

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuja/
  • Rhymes: -uja
  • Hyphenation: ku‧îa

Etymology 1

    Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuj.

    Cognate with Tocantins Asurini kosa, Cocama kuja, Aurá kwi and Tembé kuj.

    Noun

    kuîa (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute kuîa, R1 rekuîa, R2 sekuîa, R3 o ekuîa)

    1. calabash (fruit of the calabash tree Crescentia cujete)
    2. calabash (container made of this fruit)
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Nheengatu: kuya
    • → Portuguese: cuia, cuya (obsolete)
      • → Hunsrik: Kui

    Etymology 2

    From kuî (“to fall”) +‎ -a.

    Noun

    kuîa (possessable)

    1. fall, in the sense of detaching from something

    References

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