Mairí

Nheengatu

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Língua Geral Amazônica maíra?
    Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ
    Língua Geral Amazônica 'y?
    Língua Geral Amazônica Mairi
    Nheengatu Mairí

    Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica Mairi.

    Proper noun

    Mairí (Lower Amazon, archaic)

    1. Belém (a municipality and state capital of Pará, Brazil)

    References

    • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “mairí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 436
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