kurumĩ

Nheengatu

Etymology

  • Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica kurumĩ, from kunumĩ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kunumĩ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ku.ruˈmĩ/, [ku.ɾũˈmĩ]
    • Rhymes: -ĩ
    • Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧mĩ

    Noun

    kurumĩ (plural kurumĩ-itá)

    1. boy (male child)
      Synonyms: apigawa-mirĩ, kuru
    • aí-kurumĩ
    • kumika
    • kurumiwasú
    • kurumĩ-kaá

    Descendants

    • → Brazilian Portuguese: curumim, colomi, colomim, columim, culumi, culumim, curumi

    References

    • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “kurumĩ”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 412

    Old Tupi

    Etymology

  • From kunumĩ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kunumĩ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ku.ɾũˈmĩ]
    • Rhymes: -ĩ
    • Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧mĩ

    Noun

    kurumĩ (unpossessable)

    1. Língua Geral Amazônica form of kunumĩ

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: kurumĩ
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: curumim, colomi, colomim, columim, culumi, culumim, curumi

    References

    • Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Rapaz”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 35v, column 1, line 43; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 233: “curumi [kurumĩ]”
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