nhe'enga
Old Tupi
Etymology
From nhe'eng (“to speak”) + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲɛˈʔɛ̃.ŋa/, [ɲɛˈʔɛ̃.ᵑɡa]
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃ŋa
- Hyphenation: nhe‧'e‧nga
Noun
nhe'enga (possessable)
- word
- speech
- language
- Oré nhe'enga oîkoeeté.
- Our language is very different.
- message
- errand (oral message trusted to a person for delivery)
- opinion; advice; assessment
- answer
- (of animals) cry
- Eresendubype îagûara nhe'enga?
- Did you hear the cry of the jaguar?
Derived terms
- nhe'engaba
- nhe'engagûera
- nhe'engaipaba
- nhe'engapaparaíba
- nhe'engasy
- nhe'engaíba
- nhe'enge'yma
- nhe'engerekoaba
- nhe'engerekoara
- nhe'engetá
- nhe'engu
- nhe'engyîara
- nhe'engûera
- nhe'ẽpokarugûara
- nhe'ẽporanga
- nhe'ẽporoîukaíba
- nhe'ẽpyo'u
- nhe'ẽrueru
Descendants
- Nheengatu: nheenga
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhe'enga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 337, columns 1–2