teutéu

Nheengatu

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛwˈtɛw]
  • Rhymes: -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: teu‧téu

Noun

teutéu (plural teutéu-itá)

  1. (archaic) southern lapwing
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Descendants

  • →? Portuguese: téu-téu, tetéu

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “teutéu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 750
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