xawí

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica xabi, borrowed from Portuguese chave, from Old Galician-Portuguese chave, from Latin clāvis, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃaˈwi/
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Hyphenation: xa‧wí

    Noun

    xawí (plural xawí-itá)

    1. (archaic) key (device designed to open and close a lock)
      Synonyms: musikindawasawa, sikindawasara

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “xawí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 835
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