apepokumã

Old Tupi

Noun

apepokumã (?)

  1. (hapax legomenon) soot

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: tatikumã
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: picumã, pucumã

References

  • anonymous author (1622), “Ferrugem do fumeiro e toda a que faz a lauareda”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 138: “Apepocumã”

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