pituna

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi putuna, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtun. Doublet of pixuna.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /piˈtuna/
    • Rhymes: -una
    • Hyphenation: pi‧tu‧na

    Noun

    pituna (plural pituna-itá)

    1. night
      Puranga pituna ― Good night
    2. (archaic) darkness
      Synonyms: pitunawasú, pixunasawa
    • kurasí-pituna
    • misa-pituna
    • mupituna
    • pituna-ipí
    • pituna-pukú
    • pitunapisayé
    • pitunapura
    • pitunawasú
    • pitupituna

    Verb

    pituna (2nd class)

    1. to darken (to become night)

    See also

    times of day: ara rangawa-itáedit

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pituna”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 622
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