murakí ara

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi morabykyara. By surface analysis, murakí (“work”) +‎ ara (“day”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.raˈki ˈa.ra/, [mu.ɾaˈkɨ ˈa.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra‧ki‧pí

Noun

murakí ara (plural murakí ara-itá)

  1. weekday

See also

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “murakí¹”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 531
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