mukũi

Nheengatu

Nheengatu numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: mukũi
    Ordinal: mukũigara, mukũisara, mukũisawa, mukũiwara
    Adverbial: mukũi-mukũi, mukũisawa
    Distributive: mukũi
    Collective: mukũi, mukũiwé
    Fractional: mitera, pitera, uaxara

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi mokõî, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokõy.[1]

Numeral

mukũi

  1. two

Derived terms

Noun

mukũi (plural mukũi-itá)

  1. couple; pair; duo

Determiner

mukũi

  1. both

Adverb

mukũi

  1. doubly
  2. in pairs

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mukũi”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 508
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