yukwakú

Nheengatu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ju.kwaˈku/, [ju.kʷaˈku]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: yu‧kwa‧kú

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Tupi îekuakub.

Verb

yukwakú

  1. to lie in (to stay in postpartum confinement)
  2. to fast (to to abstain from food)
Conjugation
Conjugation of yukwakú
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative affirmative ayukwakú reyukwakú uyukwakú yayukwakú peyukwakú uyukwakú
negative ti ayukwakú ti reyukwakú ti uyukwakú ti yayukwakú ti peyukwakú ti uyukwakú
imperative affirmative reyukwakú yayukwakú peyukwakú
negative te reyukwakú te yayukwakú te peyukwakú
  • muyukwakú
  • yukwakusawa
  • yukwakuwera

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Tupi îekuakuba.

Noun

yukwakú (plural yukwakú-itá)

  1. lying-in (period of postpartum confinement)
    Synonym: yukwakusawa
  2. fasting (abstinence from food)
    Synonym: yukwakusawa
  3. (loosely) abstinence
  4. Friday
  • yukwakuwasú
  • yukwakú-ara

See also

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yukwakú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 888
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