suikiri

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Avila proposes a derivation from Old Tupi *sobykyr (“unripe green”).[1]

Partially displaced Old Tupi oby for green and blue; the sense of purple has been taken by sumbika.

Adjective

suikiri

  1. green
    Synonym: yakira
  2. blue

Noun

suikiri (uncountable)

  1. green
    Synonym: yakira
  2. blue

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
  • abiú-suikiri
  • akará-suikiri
  • anambé-suikiri
  • buya-suikiri
  • iwira-suikiri
  • kaá-suikiri
  • musuikiri
  • pupunhasuikiri
  • sipú-suikiri
  • suikiri katú
  • suikiri serana
  • suikirisawa
  • tuyuka-suikiri
  • wasaí-suikiri

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “suikiri”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 715
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