okena

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *okẽt (“door”), from Proto-Tupian *ək-ẽt (“door”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní okẽ (“door”), Karitiâna akãn (“village”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈkɛ̃.na/
Rhymes: -ɛ̃na
Hyphenation: o‧ke‧na

Noun

okena (IIc class pluriform, absolute okena, R1 rokena, R2 sokena) (possessable)

lid (top or cover of a container)
door
Synonyms: okendaba, teîkeaba
window
Synonym: okendaba

Derived terms

okemysá
okendabok

Descendants

Nheengatu: ukena (“door”), ⇒ ukenaí (“window”)

References

Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “okena”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 359, column 2

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