wapuí

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • apuí, gapuí, iwapuí (obsolete)

Etymology

Unknown. Avila hypothesizes a derivation from Old Tupi *ybapo'i (literally “thin fruit”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wapuˈi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: wa‧pu‧í

Noun

wapuí (plural wapuí-itá)

  1. tree of the species Ficus trigona
    Synonym: wapuí-iwa
  2. the fruit of this tree

Derived terms

  • wapuí-iwa

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: apuí

References

  1. ^ Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “wapuí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 809
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