See also: Appendix:Variations of "pu"

Ghomala'

Conjunction

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  1. and
    Pə́ a lə pə́ pôʼ lə̂ é gə́ .(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    yáp yâp gɔm pú dəŋ tyə́ʼ gaə́ a ka púŋ gaə́ wáp pə́ nə̂ cwə̌ bə́ sáʼ â shɛ.
    Their father and mother told them [?] of the day [that] it is not good to [...]

Verb

alternate of

  1. to fold, to wrap
    Pû də mhwə msɛ́.We wrap couscous in leaves.

See also

  • da'
  • kó'tə́
  • shɛ (trial/problem?)

References

  • Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
  • Fotso Ivanova (2021), Bâ waə̌lə́ ghə yə́ lwɔ̀ʼ - Early Learning Resource Network

Mandarin

Romanization

(pu2, Zhuyin ㄆㄨˊ)

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Nheengatu

Nheengatu numbers (edit)
50
[a], [b], [c] ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: , yepé-pú
    Ordinal: yepé-pusawa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi , from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po.[1][2]

Noun

(plural pú-itá)

  1. hand

Derived terms

  • pixana-pú
  • pukitika
  • pú-akanga
  • pú-katú
  • pú-kupé
  • pú-pitera
  • pú-putiá
  • pú-rakanga
  • pú-rakapira
  • pú-rupitá

Numeral

  1. five

Usage notes

is mainly used in compounds. Yepé-pú is more common when referring to the number.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, pages 566–567
  2. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎[2] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 627–628