pixuna
Nheengatu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica pyxuna. Doublet of pituna. Displaced una, now only found in compounds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈʃuna/
- Rhymes: -una
- Hyphenation: pi‧xu‧na
Adjective
pixuna
- black
- 2015, Maria Sílvia Cintra Martins, editor, Leetra Indígena, volume 1, number 17, São Carlos: UFSCar, →ISSN, page 57; text written in São Gabriel da Cachoeira:
- Yawé umbeubeu ixé aram yã mira, tasika kuera pa iké yawaraté itá, tambau pá yepé yawará pixuna […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- dark
Coordinate terms
| Colours in Nheengatu (layout · text) · yukwawasawa | ||
|---|---|---|
| murutinga | tuwiri | pixuna |
| piranga, piranga serana piranga piranga katú |
tawá | maku |
| suikiri serana suikiri suikiri katú |
suikiri, yakira | sumbika |
Related terms
- akará-pixuna
- aí-pixuna
- dakirú-pixuna
- inambupixuna
- inambú-pixuna
- ira-pixuna
- itaíwapixuna
- ituá-pixuna
- iwira-pixuna
- iwá-pixuna
- kana-pixuna
- kará-pixuna
- kaxirí-pixuna
- kaá-pixuna
- kurukurú-pixuna
- kuruá-pixuna
- marakayá-pixuna
- marayá-pixuna
- meyúpixuna
- mirá-pixuna
- mupixuna
- mutuka-pixuna
- pakú-pixuna
- pirandira-pixuna
- piranha-pixuna
- piranha-preta
- pirarara-pixuna
- pixuna-tapuya
- pixunasawa
- sesá-pixuna-maniiwa
- sukú-pixuna
- tarira-pixuna
- tukupí-pixuna
- tuyuka-pixuna
- urubú-pixuna
- warakú-pixuna
- warirí-marika-pixuna
- watukupá-pixuna
- yakirana-pixuna
- yakundá-pixuna
- yawareté-pixuna
- yurú-pixuna