uwí

See also: uwi, uwĭ, and ʻuwī

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi ugûy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uˈwi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: u‧wí

Noun

uwí (IIa class pluriform, plural uwí-itá, absolute tuwí, R1 ruwí, R2 suwí)

  1. blood
  2. bleeding, hemorrhage (usually related to menstruation)
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References

  • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “uwí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 800
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