tukuxí

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Unknown, possibly from Old Tupi pukusĩ.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tukuˈʃi/
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Hyphenation: tu‧ku‧xí

    Noun

    tukuxí (plural tukuxí-itá)

    1. tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis)
      Synonym: pirayawara
    2. (obsolete, astronomy) name of a constelation. Further details are uncertain.

    Descendants

    • → Portuguese: tucuxi, tucuxy (obsolete)
      • → English: tucuxi

    References

    1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tukuxí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 768
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