ukena

Nheengatu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u.ˈkẽ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ẽna
  • Hyphenation: u‧ke‧na

Noun

ukena (IIc class pluriform, absolute ukena, R1 rukena, R2 sukena)

  1. door

Derived terms
  • ukena mirĩ
  • ukenaí

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